Lively Rainbow Skink (Carlia vivax)

Lively Rainbow Skink, a reference photo — Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Carlia vivax, the lively rainbow-skink or tussock rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Lively Rainbow Skink being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Carlia decora
Carlia pectoralis
Carlia tetradactyla
Carlia rubigo
Carlia schmeltzii
Carlia gracilis

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carlia
Species: Carlia vivax

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