Cryptoblepharus mertensi

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 mertensi

Name

• Cryptoblepharus mertensi Horner, 2007: 90

Holotype: NTM R22943, adult ♀, collected by J. Wombey on 27 October 1996.

Type locality: “Roper River, junction with Sherwin Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 14°39’29”S 134°21’32”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 mertensi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Mertens’s Snake-eyed Skink