Cryptoblepharus
| Cryptoblepharus | |
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| 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 | |
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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]
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Cryptoblepharus metallicus,
metallic snake-eyed skink
metallic snake-eyed skink
Species
The following 54 species are some of the species recognized.[3]
- Cryptoblepharus adamsi Horner, 2007
- Cryptoblepharus africanus (Sternfeld, 1918)
- Cryptoblepharus ahli Mertens, 1928
- Cryptoblepharus aldabrae (Sternfeld, 1918)
- Cryptoblepharus ater (Boettger, 1913)
- Cryptoblepharus australis (Sternfeld, 1918) – inland snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus balinensis Barbour, 1911
- Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus (Boettger, 1913)
- Cryptoblepharus boutonii (Desjardin, 1831)
- Cryptoblepharus buchananii (Gray, 1838)
- Cryptoblepharus burdeni Dunn, 1927
- Cryptoblepharus caudatus (Sternfeld, 1918)
- Cryptoblepharus cognatus (Boettger, 1913)
- Cryptoblepharus cursor Barbour, 1911
- Cryptoblepharus cygnatus Horner, 2007 – Swanson’s snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus daedalos Horner, 2007 – dappled snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus degrijsi Mertens, 1928
- Cryptoblepharus eximius Girard, 1857
- Cryptoblepharus exochus Horner, 2007 – noble snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus fuhni Covacevich & Ingram, 1978 – black-boulder shining-skink
- Cryptoblepharus furvus Horner, 2007
- Cryptoblepharus gloriosus (Stejneger, 1893)
- Cryptoblepharus gurrmul Horner, 2007 – Arafura snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus juno Horner, 2007 – Juno’s snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus keiensis (Roux, 1910)
- Cryptoblepharus leschenault (Cocteau, 1832)
- Cryptoblepharus litoralis (Mertens, 1958) – coastal snake-eyed skink, supralittoral shining-skink
- Cryptoblepharus megastictus Storr, 1976 – blotched shining-skink
- Cryptoblepharus mertensi Horner, 2007 – Mertens’s snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus metallicus (Boulenger, 1887) – metallic snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus mohelicus Mertens, 1958
- Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus (Hallowell, 1861)
- Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae Mertens, 1928
- Cryptoblepharus novocaledonicus (Mertens, 1928)
- Cryptoblepharus ochrus Horner, 2007 – pale snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus pallidus Mertens, 1928
- Cryptoblepharus pannosus Horner, 2007
- Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus (Cocteau, 1836) – Péron’s snake-eyed skink, callose-palmed shining-skink
- Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (Wiegmann, 1836) – mottled snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus renschi Mertens, 1928
- Cryptoblepharus richardsi Horner, 2007
- Cryptoblepharus ruber Börner & Schüttler, 1981 – tawny snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus rutilus (W. Peters, 1879)
- Cryptoblepharus schlegelianus Mertens, 1928
- Cryptoblepharus sumbawanus Mertens, 1928
- Cryptoblepharus tytthos Horner, 2007 – pygmy snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus ustulatus Horner, 2007 – russet snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus virgatus (Garman, 1901) – cream-striped shining-skink, wall skink
- Cryptoblepharus voeltzkowi (Sternfeld, 1918)
- Cryptoblepharus wulbu Horner, 2007 – spangled snake-eyed skink
- Cryptoblepharus xenikos Horner, 2007
- Cryptoblepharus yulensis Horner, 2007
- Cryptoblepharus zoticus Horner, 2007 – agile snake-eyed skink
Fossil species or original research
- †Cryptoblepharus egeriae (Boulenger, 1888) – Blue-tailed skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cryptoblepharus.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Cryptoblepharus |
- ↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Cryptoblepharus, The Reptile Database.
Further reading
- Wiegmann AFA. 1834. "Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, von Dr. F. J. F. Meyen, siebente Abhandlung. Amphibien ". Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 17: 185-268 + 10 color lithographs. (Cryptoblepharus, new genus, p. 203). (in German).
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