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This species occurs in Australia (in the Northern Territory from Cape Arnhem area and Groote Eylandt, and in Queensland between Cape Melville and Gordonvale and in the Cape York Peninsula from Cairns area northward to the Torres Strait islands). It is also found in the Gulf Province in southern Papua New Guinea (Wilson and Swan 2003, Zug 2004, Donnellan et al. 2009). This species ranges from sea level to around 100 m in New Guinea (A. Allison pers. comm. 2014).

This species inhabits leaf litter and low vegetation in most woodland, grassed and wooded beach dunes, mangrove and rainforest margins, monsoon scrub, swampy areas, Pandanus groves and disturbed areas. This is a diurnal terrestrial skink whose prey include small snails, grasshoppers, small lizards and lizard eggs (Cameron and Cogger 1992, Cogger 2000, Wilson and Swan 2003). 

This is a well-collected species (A. Allison pers. comm. 2014).

There is no trade in this species.

It is unlikely that any major threat is impacting this species.

There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place for this species.

Carlia longipes has been assessed as Least Concern due to its large distribution, abundance within this area and ability to thrive in disturbed areas.

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