Species Cryptoblepharus egeriae (Boulenger, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ablepharus egeriae Boulenger, G.A. 1889. On the reptiles of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 534-536 [535].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.15.86–88 3 specimens, Christmas Is., Indian Ocean.

  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 [147].

 

Generic Combinations

• Cryptoblepharus egeriae (Boulenger, 1889).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, oviparous, peridomestic, terrestrial.

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [24] (Blue-tailed 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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)