Cryptoblepharus buchananii, also known as Buchanan's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Cryptoblepharus |
| Species: | C. buchananii
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| Cryptoblepharus buchananii (Gray, 1838)
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Description
editLarge for its genus, C. buchananii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 5 cm (2.0 in).[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of C. buchananii are desert, shrubland, and forest.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Sanderson, C.; Ford, S.; Craig, M.; Lloyd, R. (2017). "Cryptoblepharus buchananii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109452830A109452860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109452830A109452860.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Cryptoblepharus buchananii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [First Series ] 2: 287–293. (Tiliqua buchananii, new species, p. 291).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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