Species Cryptoblepharus tytthos Horner, 2007
Pygmy Snake-eyed Skink
- Cryptoblepharus tytthos 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 [118].
Type data:
Holotype NTM R25994 (Tissue adult ♀, Coulomb Point, 70 km north of Broome, Western Australia [17°23'07''S 122°09'4''E].
Paratype(s) 33 specimens (in WAM, NTM, SAMA. Origin of Mornington Island specimens is in some doubt), Far north-western Australia and Mornington Island, Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
'Far north-western Australia, ranging coastally from Anna Plains, near the northern end of Eighty Mile Beach, north to Cape Leveque and inland to Christmas Creek, south-east of Fitzroy Crossing (Fig. 123). A disjunct population apparently occurs on Mornington Island, southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, although some doubt exists over the origin of these specimens (SAM R14760 A-D, Mark Hutchinson pers. comm.)' (Horner 2007).
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld, WA: Dampierland (DL)
Distribution References
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 [118] (Pygmy Snake-eyed Skink)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |