Species Cryptoblepharus adamsi Horner, 2007

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cryptoblepharus adamsi 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 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM R18921 (Tissue sample No. ABTC CC 8) adult male, Mount Gordon rest area, Bruce Highway, Bowen Qld [20°02’55”S 148°13’43”E].
  Paratype(s) 23 specimens (in NTM and SAMA), '[f]rom mid-north coastal regions of Queensland, from Mount Molloy, south to Mount Larcom and inland to west of Mount Surprise'.

  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.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [54]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal.

Extra Ecological Information

Recorded from Eucalyptus trunks in tall woodland and on grass tree trunks (Xanthorrhoea sp.), on fig trees behind beach and on tree trunks and pine logs in town parks, see Horner (2007: 56).

 

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 [54] (Adams’ Snake-eyed Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)