Species Cryptoblepharus exochus Horner, 2007
Noble Snake-eyed Skink
- Cryptoblepharus exochus 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 [71].
Type data:
Holotype NTM R18669 (Tissue sample No. ABTC BR7) adult male, Mosquito Flat, Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory [15°23’22”S 130°08’41”E].
Paratype(s) 28 specimens (in NTM and WAM), all N NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
The border region of far north-western Northern Territory and far north-eastern Western Australia 'Within this region it has been recorded from two sites, Mosquito Flat on the eastern bank of the Victoria River in the Bradshaw Field Training Area (formerly Bradshaw Station), and Spirit Hills Station which abuts the Western Australian border', see Horner (2007)
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal.
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 (Noble Snake-eyed Skink)
History of changes
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07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |