Cryptoblepharus exochus, also known commonly as the noble snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Northern Territory in 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. exochus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptoblepharus exochus Horner, 2007
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References
edit- ^ a b Shea, G.; Moritz, C. [in French] (2017). "Cryptoblepharus exochus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109454896A109454899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109454896A109454899.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Cryptoblepharus exochus 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 Australian-based review". The Beagle Supplement 3: 21–198. (Cryptoblepharus exochus, 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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