Cryptoblepharus ustulatus, also known commonly, as the russet snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.[1][2]
Cryptoblepharus ustulatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Cryptoblepharus |
Species: | C. ustulatus
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Binomial name | |
Cryptoblepharus ustulatus Horner, 2007
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References
edit- ^ a b Teale, R.; Ford, S. (2017). "Cryptoblepharus ustulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109462814A109462819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109462814A109462819.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Cryptoblepharus ustulatus 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 ustulatus, 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.