Cryptoblepharus pulcher

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Cryptoblepharus pulcher
Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) (9934806375).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species:
C. pulcher
Binomial name
Cryptoblepharus pulcher
(Sternfeld, 1918)

The elegant snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to southern and eastern Australia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ellis, R.; Cogger, H.; Shea, G. (2017). "Cryptoblepharus pulcher". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T109462586A109462610. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109462586A109462610.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Cryptoblepharus pulcher at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.