Cryptoblepharus

Cryptoblepharus
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia (paraphyletic)
(unranked): Sauria
Order: Squamata (paraphyletic)
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Wiegmann, 1834[1]
Species

About 55, see text

Cryptoblepharus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae) commonly called snake-eyed skinks or shining-skinks. They occupy a fairly basal position among the Eugongylus group.[2]

Cryptoblepharus metallicus,
metallic snake-eyed skink

Species

The following 54 species are some of the species recognized.[3]

Fossil species or original research

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cryptoblepharus.

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Cryptoblepharus
  1. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. Austin JJ, & Arnold EN. (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
  3. Cryptoblepharus, The Reptile Database.

Further reading

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