Species Cryptoblepharus australis (Sternfeld, 1918)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ablepharus boutoni australis Sternfeld, R. 1918. Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der Pazifischen Inselwelt. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36: 375-436 [424].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 15683, Hermannsburg, Central Australia.

  Type locality 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 [57].
• Cryptoblepharus hawkswoodi 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] [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116952 (previously AMF 16786), Yathong Nature Reserve, 100 km S Cobar, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  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].
• Cryptoblepharus carnabyi Storr, G.M. 1976. The genus Cryptoblepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 53-63 [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R21182, 11 km WSW of Youanmi, WA [28°37'S 118°43'E].

  Type locality references:

  Storr, G.M. 1976. The genus Cryptoblepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 53-63.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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]
• 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 [57]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cryptoblepharus australis (Sternfeld, 1918). —
  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] [27]

 

Introduction

For full history of name, misidentifications, etc, see Horner (2007: 57).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread in inland regions

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, desert.

Extra Ecological Information

'Normally an arboreal species, museum records note its use of woodland associated with watercourses, flat plains, rocky hills and gorges, shrubland on hills and flat plains, and spinifex on hills' (Horner 2007: 60).

 

General References

Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [142] (as junior synonym of Cryproblepharus plagiocephalus)

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 [57]

 

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 [57] (Inland Snake-eyed Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
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