Species Cryptoblepharus ustulatus Horner, 2007
Russet Snake-eyed Skink
- Cryptoblepharus ustulatus 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 [121].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R125492 (Tissue sample No. ABTC R125492) adult ♀, 30 km east of Newman, Western Australia [23°19'S 120°02'E].
Paratype(s) WAM 30 specimens (in WAM, SAMA, ABTC), from Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
'The Pilbara region of Western Australia. Ranges from Dolphin Island and Burrup Peninsula on the coast, south-west to Barlee Range Nature Reserve and inland to 30 km east of Mount Newman' (Horner 2007).
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Gascoyne (GAS), Pilbara (PIL)
Distribution References
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 [121] (Russet 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) |