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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.