Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cream-Striped Shinning-Skink, Wall Skink
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,026 meters (0 to 3,366 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Scincidae
()
- Genus:
Cryptoblepharus
()
- Specific name:
virgatus
- (Garman 1901)
- Subspecies:
virgatus
- Scientific name: - Cryptoblepharus virgatus virgatus (Garman 1901)
- Subspecies:
virgatus
- Specific name:
virgatus
- (Garman 1901)
- Genus:
Cryptoblepharus
(
- Family:
Scincidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Cryptoblepharus virgatus Garman 1901
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cryptoblepharus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
C.ater (Grande Comores Snake Eyed Skink) · C.boutonii (Snake-Eyed Skink) · C.boutonii boutonii (Snake-Eyed Skink) · C.carnabyi (Shiny-Palmed Shinning-Skink) · C.egeriae (Blue-Tailed Shinning-Skink) · C.fuhni (Black-Boulder Shinning-Skink) · C.gloriosus (Glorioso Snake Eyed Skink) · C.leschenault (Leschenault Snake Eyed Skink) · C.litoralis (Supralittoral Shinning-Skink) · C.megastictus (Blotched Shinning-Skink) · C.metallicus (Metallic Snake-Eyed Skink) · C.novaeguineae (New Guinea Snake-Eyed Skink) · C.novocaledonicus (New Caledonian Shore Skink) · C.plagiocephalus (Callose-Palmed Shinning-Skink) · C.plagiocephalus plagiocephalus (Australian Snake-Eyed Skink) · C.poecilopleurus (Mottled Snake-Eyed Skink) · C.pulcher (Bright Snake-Eyed Skink (Clarus)) · C.rutilus (Palau Snake Eyed Skink) · C.virgatus (Cream-Striped Shinning-Skink) · C.virgatus virgatus (Cream-Striped Shinning-Skink)
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Further Reading
- Bowles (2000) Herpetological Bulletin (73): 27-29
- Cogger (2000) Rept. Amph. of Australia, 6th ed.
- Cook (1973) Herpetofauna (Sydney) 6: 15-16
- Covacevich et al. (1978) Mem. Qd. Mus. 18: 151-154
- Garman (1901) Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 39:1-14
- Greenbaum (2000) Herpetological Bulletin (72): 6-16
- Greer (1974) Austr. J. Zool. (Suppl.) 31: 1-67.
- Mertens (1931) Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 63-210
- Sternfeld (1920) Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36 [1918?]: 375-436
- Storr (1961) West. Aust. Nat. 7: 176-178
- Storr (1976) Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 4: 53-63
- Storr et al. (1981) Lizards Western Australia. I. Skinks.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 2, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2538363
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2183313
Footnotes
- Mean = 207.620 meters (681.168 feet), Standard Deviation = 412.880 based on 113 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
