Cryptoblepharus leschenault

Cryptoblepharus leschenault
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Cryptoblepharus
Species:	C. leschenault
Binomial name
	Cryptoblepharus leschenault; (Cocteau, 1832)
Synonyms
	Ablepharis leschenault; Cocteau, 1832; Cryptoblepharus leschenaultii; — Gray, 1838; Ablepharus boutonii var. furcata; Weber, 1890; Cryptoblepharus boutonii furcata; — Dunn, 1927; Ablepharus boutonii leschenault; — Mertens, 1930; Cryptoblepharis leschenault; — Greer, 1974;

Last updated December 03, 2021

Cryptoblepharus leschenault is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, leschenault, is in honor of French biologist Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour, who collected the holotype.^[2]^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. leschenault is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

C. leschenault is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Ineich I (2010). "Cryptoblepharus leschenault". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T178721A7602825. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178721A7602825.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Cryptoblepharus leschenault 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 leschenault, p. 156).