Genus Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann, 1834
- Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1834. Herpetologia Mexicana, seu Descriptio Amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae. Berlin : Lüderitz. [12].
Type species:
Ablepharus poecilipleurus Wiegmann, 1834 by subsequent designation, see Stejneger, L. 1899. The land reptiles of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 21: 783-813. - Cryptoblepharis Cocteau, J.T. 1836. Études sur les Scincoïdes. Paris. [8] [emend. pro Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann, 1834].
- Petia Gray, J.E. 1839. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. (contd.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(11): 331-337 [1839 on title page] [335] [nom. nud.; ms name introduced in synonymy of Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann, 1834].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mertens, R. 1931. Ablepharus boutonii (Desjardin) und seine geographische Variation. Zoologische Jahrbücher 61: 63-210
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [141]
Introduction
Two recent studies on the genus (Horner & Adams 2007; Horner 2007) have resulted in significant rearrangement of taxa and description of 13 new species and one new subspecies.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
SCINCIDAE: Cryptoblepharus boutonii Desjardin, 1831 — Storr, G.M. 1976. The genus Cryptoblepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 53-63
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
East Africa, eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia.
IBRA
Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; 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) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT) ; SA, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Mallee (MAL) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
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
Horner, P. & Adams, M. 2007. A molecular systematic assessment of species boundaries in Australian Cryptoblepharus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) — a case study for the combined use of allozymes & morphology to explore cryptic biodiversity. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 3: 1-19
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | SQUAMATA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 21-May-2023 | SCINCIDAE | 06-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | LACERTILIA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | SCINCIDAE | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | LACERTILIA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED |