Carlia crypta
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no known English name
This species was split from Carlia rubrigularis in 2018. The species are nearly impossible to tell apart, but can for the most part be distinguished by range.
Several of these skinks were actively foraging in the leaf litter, but only this one decided to sit still and pose for me.
Online references:
- Carlia crypta account on The Reptile Database
- Singhal, Sonal; Conrad J Hoskin, Patrick Couper, Sally Potter, Craig Moritz 2018. A framework for resolving cryptic species: a case study from the lizards of the Australian Wet Tropics