Carinascincus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Carinascincus
Species (8): C. coventryi – C. greeni – C. metallicus – C. microlepidotus – C. ocellatus – C. orocryptus – C. palfreymani – C. pretiosus
Name

Carinascincus Wells & Wellington, 1985: 24

Type species: Leiolopisma greeni Rawlinson, 1975, by original designation.
Synonyms

Litotescinsus Wells & Wellington, 1985: 33

Type species: Mocoa metallica O’Shaughnessy, 1874, by original designation.

Niveoscincus Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin, 1990: 544

Type species: Leiolopisma greeni Rawlinson, 1975, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.
Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, S.C., Baverstock, P.R., Krieg, M., Simms, S. & Burgin, S. 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38(5): 535–554. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9900535 Paywall Reference page.

Additional references

Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A., Amey, A.P. & Baker, A.M. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. pp. 367–383 in Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds). Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Auscipub Pty Ltd.: Sydney. 942 pp. ISBN 0975779001 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Carinascincus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2018.

Carinascincus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae), commonly called snow skinks[1] or cool-skinks[2] and residing mainly in Tasmania or Victoria, Australia.[3] Then recognised as the genus Niveoscincus, it was found to belong to a clade with the genera Carlia, Lampropholis and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae.[4] Cogger has rejected the use of the junior name Niveoscincus and recognizes the valid senior generic name Carinascincus for the group.[5] For similar skinks see genera Pseudemoia, Lampropholis, and Bassiana. These skinks have adapted to the cooler weather of southern Australia and particularly Tasmania, hence the common names.
Species

Carinascincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975) – southern forest cool-skink
Carinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975) – alpine cool-skink or northern snow skink
Carinascincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – metallic skink or metallic cool-skink
Carinascincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – boulder cool-skink or southern snow skink
Carinascincus ocellatus (Gray, 1845) – spotted skink, ocellated cool-skink, or ocellated skink
Carinascincus orocryptus (Hutchinson, Schwaner & Medlock, 1988) – Tasmanian mountain skink, heath cool-skink, or mountain skink
Carinascincus palfreymani (Rawlinson, 1974) – Pedra Branca skink, Pedra Branca cool-skink, or red-throated skink
Carinascincus pretiosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – Tasmanian tree skink or agile cool-skink

References
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Wilson S, Swan G (2003). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Second Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing.
Carinascincus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
http://www.cyberlizard.org.uk/skinks_niveoscincus.htm Niveoscincus
Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)

Cogger (2014).

Further reading

Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC, Baverstock PR, Krieg M, Simms S, Burgin S (1990). "Immunological Relationships and Generic Revision of the Australian Lizards Assigned to the Genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae, Lygosominae)". Australian J. Zool. 38 (5): 535–554. (Niveoscincus, new genus).
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-064 310 0350.
Wells, Richard W.; Wellington, C. Ross (1985). "A Classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series (1): 1-61. (Carinascincus, new genus, p. 24).