Cryptoblepharus eximius GIRARD, 1858

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Cryptoblepharus eximius GIRARD 1858: 195 Ablepharus eximius — GARMAN 1901: 10 Ablepharus boutonii eximius — MERTENS 1931: 127 Cryptoblepharus eximius — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus eximius — FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 181 Cryptoblepharus eximius — HORNER 2007: 148
Distribution	Fiji Islands Type locality: “Feejee islands."
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: Lost (see Zug, 1985).
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Comment	Synonymy: These skinks were long included in Ablepharus. Distribution: Cryptoblepharus eximius does not occur in Rotuma. Habitat: Predominantly a coastal species (Zug 1991), but does occupy habitats distant from the shore (Zug 1991).
References	Garman, S. 1901. Some reptiles and batrachians from Australasia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 39: 1-14 - get paper here Girard, C. 1858. Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the US. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Fourth Part. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci Philadelphia 1857: 195-199 - get paper here 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 Morrison, C. 2003. A Field Guide to the Herpetofauna of Fiji. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific, 121 pp. Zug, G.R. 1985. Pacific Island Lizards: Status of Type Specimens from the US Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 Copeia 1985 (1): 150-154. - get paper here ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here Zug,G. R. 1991. The lizards of Fiji: Natural history and systematics. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. 2: 1-136
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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