Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae MERTENS, 1928

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Cryptoblepharus boutonii novaeguineae MERTENS 1928: 87 Cryptoblepharus boutonii pallidus MERTENS 1928 Cryptoblepharus boutonii peronii — BARBOUR 1914: 204 Cryptoblepharus boutonii aruensis MERTENS 1928: 87 Ablepharus boutonii aruensis — MERTENS 1931: 145 Ablepharus boutonii pallidus — MERTENS 1931: 144 Ablepharus boutonii novae-guineae — MERTENS 1931: 141 Ablepharus boutonii pallidus — HEDIGER 1934: 472 Ablepharus boutonii novae-guineae — BRONGERSMA 1942: 150 Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus pallidus — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae — MYS 1988: 131 Cryptoblepharus pallidus — ZWEIFEL 1980 Cryptoblepharus pallidus — MYS 1988: 130 Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae — HORNER 2007
Distribution	Indonesia (Gebe, Gag, Waigeo, Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Biak, Numfoor and Yapen.), New Guinea aruensis: Type locality: Papakula, Kobroor, Aru-Inseln, Indonesien; Holotypus: SMF 15517. pallidus: Papua New Guinea; Type locality: Sepik River Valley, Papua New Guinea Type locality: Mamberano, Neuguinea Type locality: Papakoela, Kobroor, Aru-Inseln [aruensis]
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NMBA (= NHMB) 8343 (novaeguineae) Holotype: SMF 15517 [aruensis] HOLOTYPE: ZMB 25706 [pallidus]
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Comment	HORNER (2007) synonymized C. pallidus with C. novaeguineae.
Etymology	named after its occurrence on New Guinea. C. pallidus has been named after Latin “pallidus” = pale or yellow(ish).
References	Barbour, T., 1914. On some Australasian reptiles. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 27: 201—206. - get paper here Brongersma,L.D. 1942. Notes on scincid lizards. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 125-152 - 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 Hediger, H. 1934. Beitrag zur Herpetologie und Zoogeographie Neu-Britanniens und einiger umliegender Gebiete. Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.) 65: 441-582 Horner, P. 2007. Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) - an Australian based review. The Beagle Supplement 3: 21-198 Kramer, Eugen 1979. Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978. [type catalogue] Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159-166 - get paper here Mertens,R. 1928. Neue Inselrassen von Cryptoblepharus boutonii (Desjardin). Zool. Anz. 78: 82-89. Mertens,R. 1931. Ablepharus boutonii (DESJARDIN) und seine geographische Variation. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 63-210 Mys, Benoit 1988. The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 58: 127-183 Zweifel R G 1980. Results of the Archbold Expeditions, No. 103. Frogs and lizards from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 165 (5) : 390-434 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://users.bart.nl/~edcolijn/sauria.html Google images

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