Cryptoblepharus buchananii

Cryptoblepharus buchananii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Cryptoblepharus
Species:	C. buchananii
Binomial name
Cryptoblepharus buchananii (Gray, 1838)
Synonyms [2]
Tiliqua buchananii Gray, 1838 Cryptoblepharus buchananii — Horner, 2007

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]}

Description

Large for its genus, C. buchananii may attain a snout-to-vent length of 5 cm (2.0 in). ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. buchananii are desert, shrubland, and forest. ^[1]

Reproduction

C. buchananii is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. 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.
2. Cryptoblepharus buchananii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.

Further reading

• 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.