Biology:Cryptoblepharus leschenault
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Cryptoblepharus |
| Species: | C. leschenault
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| Cryptoblepharus leschenault (Cocteau, 1832)
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Cryptoblepharus leschenault is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[2][1]
Etymology
The specific name, leschenault, is in honor of French biologist Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour, who collected the holotype.[1][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. leschenault is forest.[2]
Reproduction
C. leschenault is oviparous.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cryptoblepharus leschenault at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021 - ↑ 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).
Further reading
- Cocteau JT (1832). "Ablepharis". Magasin de Zoologie 2: classe 3, point 1. (Ablepharis lechenault, new species, six unnumbered pages + plate). (in French and Latin).
Wikidata ☰ Q3005816 entry
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