Carlia caesius

Description of holotype An adult male, 61.9 mm SVL, 85.5 mm tail length (21 mm tip regenerated), 26.9 mm TrunkL, 31.1 mm HindlL, 14.8 mm HeadL, 2.2 mm PalpbD, and 1.9 mm EarD. Scalation right side for bilateral traits: interparietal separate, prefrontals not touching, 4 Supoc, 8 Supcil, 9 Eyeld, 4 Temp, 2 Lor, 7 Suplab, 5 th BlwEye, 6 Inflab, round ear­opening, 1 AuricN on anterior border, 44 tricarinate Dorsal (anteriormost bilateral pair enlarged as nuchals), 32 Midbody, 22 smooth 3 FingL (slight clefting of few subterminal lamellae), 25 4 ToeL, and precloacal scale slightly enlarged. Coloration in life: strikingly two­toned lizard; dorsally and laterally head and neck turquoise ground color muted by black edging on all scales, irregular edged black lateral band from cheek to anterior axilla, dorsolaterally a narrow white stripe from eye to axilla, ventrally turquoise ground color shifts to light blue with persistence of black scale­edging although narrower; at axilla and forelimbs abrupt shift to bright reddish orange ground color, muted dorsally by black edging on scales, edging nearly disappears laterally, dorsally light spots greenish yellow; limbs above and below uniform reddish orange; ventrally chest onto to tail beige with orangish tint. Coloration in preservative: Dorsally head dark brown, speckled with black and turquoise; neck similar but black restricted to scale margins; rest of dorsum golden brown with black speckling and a few scattered light brown spots; upper parts of tail similar but without light brown spots and with less black than rest of dorsum; dorsolaterally, bluish, discontinuous line from eye to shoulder, face and neck mostly black and speckled with turquoise, especially towards venter and distinct series of black lines extend posteroventrally from lower labials to directly below ear; rest of flanks and anterolateral surface of tail light brown; chin and throat light black suffused with blue, with darker black blotches on chin, and series of longitudinal black lines along throat and neck; rest of venter whitish suffused with yellowish tinge and indistinct blue­black streaks on proximal margins of scales. Description. A moderate­sized Carlia ranging in adult size from 45 to 65 mm SVL (females 45.1 – 55.2 mm; males 45.7 – 64.5 mm) with HeadL 9.9 – 13.0 mm (females) 10.8 – 15.9 mm (males), PalpbD 1.0 – 1.8 mm (females) 1.3 – 2.2 mm (males), EarD 1.0 – 2.0 mm (females) 1.2 – 2.0 mm (males), TrunkL 18.8 – 27.0 mm (females) 18.6 – 31.4 mm (males), and HndlL 19.6 – 29.5 mm (females) 22.2 – 32.7 mm (males). Some populations sexually dimorphic in one or more of the following traits: SVL, HeadL, PalpbD, EarD, TrunkL, HndlL, and Dorsal. Head and nuchal scales smooth; interparietal rarely absent; 4 (rarely 5 or 6) Supoc, 7 – 10 Supcil, 6 – 12 Eyeld, 7 (rarely 6) Suplab, 5 th (rarely 4 th) BlwEye, and 6 (uncommonly 5, 7, or 8) Inflab on each side. Ear opening oblong vertical to oblique with 1 – 5 (commonly 3) AuricN, usually pointed, on anterior and dorsal margin. Trunk scales smooth to weakly tricarinate dorsally and laterally, occasionally strongly tricarinate in males, rarely in females, with 42 – 50 Dorsal, 31 – 36 Midbody. Subdigital lamellae smooth, mostly 32 4 ToeL. Coloration is summarized in the subsequent Intraspecific Variations section.

Sumber: New Carlia fusca complex lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from New Guinea, Papua­Indonesia