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Snake-eyed Skinks
Cryptoblepharus
Cryptoblepharus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae) commonly called snake-eyed skinks or shining-skinks. They occupy a fairly basal position among the Eugongylus group.
52 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 53 known species
Cryptoblepharus virgatus
complexCryptoblepharus virgatus
Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus buchananii
Ragged Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus pannosus
Mottled Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus poecilopleurus
East-African Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus africanus
Coastal Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus litoralis
Fijian Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus eximius
Metallic snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus metallicus
Inland Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus australis
New Caledonian Shore Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus novocaledonicus
Lombok Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus cursor
Russet snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus ustulatus
Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus renschi
Swanson’s snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus cygnatus
Balinese Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus balinensis
Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus egeriae
Vanuatu snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus novohebridicus
Glorioso Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus gloriosus
Bouton's snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus boutonii
Péron’s snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus plagiocephalus
Voeltzkow’s Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus voeltzkowi
Adams’ Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus adamsi
Agile snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus zoticus
Ogasawara Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus nigropunctatus
New Guinea Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus novaeguineae
Flores Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus burdeni
Dappled snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus daedalos
Juno’s snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus juno
Yule Island Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus yulensis
Blotched Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus megastictus
Leschenault Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus leschenault
Grande Comores Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus ater
Nossy Be Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus cognatus
Five-lined Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus
Tawny snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus ruber
Pygmy snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus tytthos
Spangled snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus wulbu
Kei Island Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus keiensis
Schlegel’s Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus schlegelianus
Palau Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus rutilus
Aldabra Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus aldabrae
Pale snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus ochrus
Noble snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus exochus
Two-striped Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus bitaeniatus
Mertens’s snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus mertensi
Arafura snake-eyed skink
speciesCryptoblepharus gurrmul
Milne Bay Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus richardsi
Dusky Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus furvus
Black-boulder Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus fuhni
Juan de Nova Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus caudatus
Aquam Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus xenikos
Ahl’s Snake-eyed Skink
speciesCryptoblepharus ahli
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37148.