Cryptoblepharus cygnatus, also known commonly as Swanson's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.[1][2]
| Cryptoblepharus cygnatus | |
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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. cygnatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptoblepharus cygnatus Horner, 2007
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References
edit- ^ a b Gillespie, G.; McDonald, P.; Woinarski, J.C.Z.; Fenner, A.; Cogger, H. (2018). "Cryptoblepharus cygnatus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109454837A109454841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109454837A109454841.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Cryptoblepharus cygnatus 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.
- Horner P (2007). "Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) – an Australia-based review". The Beagle Supplement 3: 21–198. (Cryptoblepharus cygnatus, new species).
- 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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