Cryptoblepharus fuhni

Cryptoblepharus fuhni
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Cryptoblepharus
Species:	C. fuhni
Binomial name
	Cryptoblepharus fuhni; Covacevich & Ingram, 1978

Last updated May 16, 2023

Cryptoblepharus fuhni, also known commonly as the black-boulder shinning-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, fuhni, is in honor of Romanian herpetologist Ion Eduard Fuhn.^[2]^[3]

Description

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. fuhni is black granite boulders.^[1]

Reproduction

C. fuhni is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Couper, P.; Hoskin, C.; Amey, A. (2018). "Cryptoblepharus fuhni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T109462396A109462399. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109462396A109462399.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Cryptoblepharus fuhni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cryptoblepharus fuhni, p. 95).