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Carlia rubrigularis

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Carlia rubrigularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carlia
Species:
C. rubrigularis
Binomial name
Carlia rubrigularis

Carlia rubrigularis, the red-throated rainbow-skink or the northern red-throated skink is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.[2]

C. rubrigularis, provides an example of sexual dimorphism. Males display red throat coloration, while females exhibit pale pink. Throat coloration in males has been observed to become exaggerated during breeding season.[3]

The reproduction period for female C. rubrigularis occurs from July-April.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Shea, G.; Hoskin, C. (2018). "Carlia rubrigularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178275A101753203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178275A101753203.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Carlia rubrigularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ Manicom, Carryn; Alford, Ross; Schoener, Thomas; Schwarzkopf, Lin (June 2014). "Mechanisms causing variation in sexual size dimorphism in three sympatric, congeneric lizards". Ecology. 6 (95): 1531–1544. Bibcode:2014Ecol...95.1531M. doi:10.1890/13-0693.1. PMID 25039218.
  4. ^ Goodman, Brett (Jan 2006). "The effects of maternal size on clutch traits in a tropical invariant-clutch lizard, Carlia rubrigularis (Scincidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia. 27 (4): 505–511. doi:10.1163/156853806778877167.