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Cryptoblepharus wulbu HORNER, 2007

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spangled snake-eyed skink 
SynonymCryptoblepharus wulbu HORNER 2007: 127
Cryptoblepharus wulbu — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory)

Type locality: Mount Borradaile, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, 12°03’07”S 132°53’17”E.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NTM R26062, adult female (gravid), (Tissue sample No. ABTC FE8), collected by P. Horner and J. Lea, 3 October 2000. From boulder on sandstone rock platform. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small (<40 mm SVL), very long-legged, very shallow-headed, saxicoline Cryptoblepharus, dis- tinguished from Australian congeners by combination of modal values of six supraciliary scales, 26 mid-body scale rows, 39 paravertebral scales, 22 fourth toe subdigital la- mellae, and three lenticular scale organs; mean values of hindlimb length 47.3% of snout-vent length and head depth 34.9% of head length; reddish, blotched body pattern and saxicoline habits. 
CommentSympatry. At Mount Borradaile, C. wulbu is micro-sympatric with C. cygnatus.

Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyFrom the Amurdak Aboriginal language, Wulbu being a clan name for people from Mount Borradaile, the type locality. Used as a noun in apposition. 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - 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
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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