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Cryptoblepharus

Cryptoblepharus
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus.jpg
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Wiegmann, 1834
Species

About 55, see text


About 55, see text

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.

The following 54 species are some of the species recognized.

Fossil species or original research

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cryptoblepharus.


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