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Cryptoblepharus virgatus (GARMAN, 1901)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cream-striped Shinning-skink, Wall Skink 
SynonymAblepharus virgatus GARMAN 1901: 10
Ablepharus boutoni pulcher STERNFELD 1918: 423 (part.)
Ablepharus boutoni virgatus — MERTENS 1931: 112
Cryptoblepharus virgatus — GREER 1974: 21
Cryptoblepharus virgatus — COGGER 1983: 142
Cryptoblepharus virgatus — COGGER 2000: 406
Cryptoblepharus virgatus — HORNER 2007: 124
Cryptoblepharus virgatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (NE Queensland)

Type locality: Cooktown, Qld.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 6485 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small (<40 mm SVL), short-legged, shallow-headed, arboreal Cryptoblepharus, distinguished from Australian congeners by combination of modal values of five supraciliary scales, 22 mid-body scale rows, 47 paravertebral scales, and eight plantar scales; mean values of hindlimb length 41.0% of snout-vent length, and head depth of 38.2% of head length; plain, rounded, pale plantar scales; smooth subdigital lamellae; continuous, smooth-edged, narrow pale dorsolateral stripes; greyish ground colour, and arboreality.


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CommentSynonymy after HORNER 2007.

Similar species: C. (boutoni) pulcher has been confused with Cryptoblepharus virgatus.

Distribution: former reports (from Indonesia, incl. Babar, Damar and Tanimbar Islands; S Irian Jaya; introductions to Bogor, Java) are in error. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin virgatus (striped) after the colour pattern. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Bowles, F.D. 2000. A short note on the herpetofauna of Brisbane and its suburbs. Herpetological Bulletin (73): 27-29 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Cook, R. 1973. The wall lizard, Cryptoblepharus boutonii virgatus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 6: 15-16
  • Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384
  • Covacevich, J. & Ingram, G. J. 1978. An undescribed species of rock dwelling Cryptoblepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 18: 151-154 - get paper here
  • Garman, S. 1901. Some reptiles and batrachians from Australasia. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 39: 1-14 - get paper here
  • Greenbaum, E. 2000. Herpetofaunal observations in disparate habitats in south Sustralia, New South Wales, and queensland, Australia. Herpetological Bulletin (72): 6-16 - 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
  • 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]
  • Storr, G. M. 1961. Ablepharus boutonii clarus, a new skink from the Esperance District, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 7: 176-178 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1976. The genus Cryptoblepharus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 4: 53-63 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp.
  • Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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