Biology:Cryptoblepharus leschenault

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Short description: Species of lizard

Cryptoblepharus leschenault
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species:
C. leschenault
Binomial name
Cryptoblepharus leschenault
(Cocteau, 1832)
Cryptoblepharus leschenault distribution.png
Synonyms[1]
  • 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

Cryptoblepharus leschenault is a species of lizard in 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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cryptoblepharus leschenault at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 18 November 2021
  3. 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