Cryptoblepharus

Cryptoblepharus
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Cryptoblepharus
Wiegmann, 1834[1]
Species

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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 species are 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 egeriae (Boulenger, 1888)
  • 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 nigropunctatus (Hallowell, 1861)
  • Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae Mertens, 1928
  • Cryptoblepharus novocaledonicus (Mertens, 1928)
  • Cryptoblepharus novohebridicus (Mertens, 1928)
  • Cryptoblepharus ochrus Horner, 2007 – pale snake-eyed skink
  • 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 pulcher (Sternfeld, 1918)
  • Cryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus (Günther, 1874)
  • 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 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

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

References

  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

  • 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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