Biology:Cryptoblepharus xenikos

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Short description: Species of lizard

Cryptoblepharus xenikos
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species:
C. xenikos
Binomial name
Cryptoblepharus xenikos
Horner, 2007

Cryptoblepharus xenikos is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. xenikos is savanna.[1]

Reproduction

C. xenikos is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 18 November 2021
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Cryptoblepharus xenikos at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
  • Horner P (2007). "Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) – an Australian-based review". The Beagle Supplement 3: 21–198. (Cryptoblepharos xenikos, new species).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280.


Wikidata ☰ Q3005854 entry