Subspecies Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis (Mertens, 1958)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ablepharus boutonii litoralis Mertens, 1958.

  Type data:

   Holotype SMF 53219, Flying Fish Point, 6 mi[les] E Innisfail, QLD.

  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 [85].

 

Generic Combinations

• Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis (Mertens, 1958).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

'Coastal eastern Queensland, from Torres Strait islands south to the vicinity of Gladstone' (Horner 2007)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, mangrove, oviparous, saxicoline, supralittoral, terrestrial.

 

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 [85]

 

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 [85] (Coastal Snake-eyed Skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-May-2023	SCINCIDAE	23-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)