Cryptoblepharus fuhni

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Cryptoblepharus fuhni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species:
C. fuhni
Binomial name
Cryptoblepharus fuhni

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]

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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. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cryptoblepharus fuhni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. 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).

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