Species Cryptoblepharus buchananii (Gray, 1838)
Buchanan’s Snake-eyed Skink
- Tiliqua buchananii Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. (contd.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 287-293 [1839 on title page] [291].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.19.73-74 (WA, vide Boulenger (1887))), Australia. - Ablepharus boutoni punctatus Sternfeld, R. 1918. Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der Pazifischen Inselwelt. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36: 375-436 [424].
Type data:
Lectotype SMF 15685, Yalgoo WA ('West-Australien' in original description). - Ablepharus peronii peronii Duméril & Bibron, 1839.
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 7150, TAS (in error) and Shark Bay, WA; MNHP 3088, TAS
Comment: was 'composite syntype series containing representatives of three currently recognised species, C. plagiocephalus, and the extralimital species Cryptoblepharus leschnault and Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus' according to Cogger et al. (1983).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.Secondary source:
Guibé, J. 1954. Catalogue des Types de Lézards du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 119 pp. (for extralimital synonyms).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [142]
- 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
Generic Combinations
- Cryptoblepharus buchananii (Gray, 1838) [removed from synonymy with Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus]. —
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 [60]
Introduction
For full taxonomic history of the names, see Horner (2007: 63)
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Open woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Also urban environments
General References
Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [142] (as junior synonym of Cryproblepharus plagiocephalus)
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
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 [60] (Buchanan’s Snake-eyed Skink)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |