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Blue-throated Rainbow Skink
Carlia rhomboidalis
Family :"Skinks"
 Scincidae
Description :Body 6cm. Dark grey-brown above with numerous scattered darker and paler flecks. Indistinct stripe may run from behind the eye to tail in females. Flanks darker,finely speckled with black and pale brown.Head paler,chin bright blue,throat pink.
Typical Habitat :Rainforest, wet eucalypt forest, monsoonal scrub and creek margins.
Distribution :Magnetic Island to Sarina.
Introduced :No
Seen North Qld :  Yes

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