Species Cryptoblepharus gurrmul Horner, 2007

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cryptoblepharus gurrmul 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 [76].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM R10900 adult male, New Year Island, Northern Territory, Australia [10°55’S 133°02’E].
  Paratype(s) NTM 13 specimens, all NT offshore islands.

  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 [76].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

'Known only from Oxley, New Year and North Goulburn islands off the north-east Arnhem Land coast, Arafura Sea, Northern Territory' (Horner 2007)

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral.

Extra Ecological Information

'a littoral species which at New Year Island was found among beach debris (driftwood and coral litter), and at Oxley Island and North Goulburn Island on and under low beach rocks, close to the high water mark' (Horner 2007)

 

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 [76] (Arafura Snake-eyed Skink)

 

History of changes

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