Cryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus

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Cryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species:
C. quinquetaeniatus
Binomial name
Cryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus
(Günther, 1874)

The five-lined snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Anjouan in the Comoro Islands. [1]

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