title: Carlia schmeltzii
text: # Carlia schmeltzii
  
  Carlia schmeltzii, known commonly as the robust rainbow-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, schmeltzii, is in honor of German ethnographer Johannes Dietrich Eduard Schmeltz.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  C. schmeltzii is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitats of C. schmeltzii are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  C. schmeltzii is oviparous.
  
  