Species Cryptoblepharus cygnatus Horner, 2007
Swanson’s Snake-eyed Skink
- Cryptoblepharus cygnatus 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 [64].
Type data:
Holotype NTM R.22887 (Tissue sample No. ABTC-AM6) adult ♂ (open forest, on Melaleuca sp. trunk), Goose Creek, Melville Island, Northern Territory [11°30’32”S 130°54’19”E].
Paratype(s) NTM 37 specimens (all northern NT and Melville Island), From far northern Northern Territory. - Cryptoblepharus swansoni 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] [nomen nudum].
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 [64]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, grassland, monsoon forest, open forest, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Mangrove and monsoon vine thicket
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 [64] (Swanson’s 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) |