Cryptoblepharus cygnatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species: Cryptoblepharus cygnatus

Name

• Cryptoblepharus cygnatus Horner, 2007: 64

Holotype: NTM R22887, adult ♂, collected by P. Horner on 8 October 1996.

Type locality: “Goose Creek, Melville Island, Northern Territory, 11°30’32”S 130°54’19”E”.

References

Primary references

• Horner, P. 2007. Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) – an Australian based review. The Beagle Supplement 3: 21–198. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cryptoblepharus cygnatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Swanson’s Snake-eyed Skink