Cryptoblepharus aldabrae (STERNFELD, 1918)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ablepharus boutoni aldabrae STERNFELD 1918: 423 Ablepharus boutonii aldabrae — MERTENS 1931: 177 Cryptoblepharus aldabrae — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus aldabrae — HORNER 2007: 134
Distribution	Seychelles: Aldabra Island, Picard, Astove, Assumption, Menai (fide Mertens 1931). Type locality: Aldabra
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: SMF 15586 (= 6348,5a, Mertens, 1922), collected A. Voeltzkow, 1897. Designation by Mertens (1967).
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Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here Horner, P. 2007. Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) - an Australian based review. The Beagle Supplement 3: 21-198 Mertens,R. 1931. Ablepharus boutonii (DESJARDIN) und seine geographische Variation. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 63-210 Sternfeld, R. 1918. Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der pazifischen Inselwelt. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 36: 375-436 [missing from BHL in 2023]
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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