Subspecies Cryptoblepharus pulcher clarus (Storr, 1961)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ablepharus boutonii clarus Storr, G.M. 1961. Ablepharus boutonii clarus, a new skink from the Esperance District, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 7: 176-178 [177, fig.] [as junior synonym of C. virgatus in Cogger et al. (1983), status revised to subspecies by Horner (2007: 110)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) WAM R18228–31, lower Dalyup River, (20 mi[les] WNW of Esperance), WA [33°45'S 121°32'E].
• Cryptoblepharus suburbia Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116951 (Holotype originally cited by field number only (Shea and Sadlier 1999)), Sydney, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [59-60].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Also found on coastal and near-coastal heaths and rock outcrops.

General References

Horner, P. 2007. Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) – an Australian-based review. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 3: 21-198 (revised status)

Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Australia : Holland 448 pp. [150]

Common Name References

Horner, P. 2007. Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) – an Australian-based review. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 3: 21-198 [110] (Bright Snake-eyed Skink)

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