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Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus (BOETTGER, 1913)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAblepharus boutoni var. bitaeniata BOETTGER 1913
Ablepharus boutoni bitaeniatus — STERNFELD 1918: 423
Ablepharus boutoni bitaeniatus — MERTENS 1931: 191
Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus — GREER 1974: 21
Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus — HORNER 2007: 135
Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus — SANCHEZ et al. 2019 
DistributionEuropa Island (in the Street of Mozambique)

Type locality: Insel Europa  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: SMF 15601 (= Kat. MERTENS 6348, 7a). Designation by Mertens (1967). Paraiectotype: ZFMK 95264 (ex-ZMB 57122) 
Diagnosis 
CommentAbundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after “bi-” = two or dual and Latin “taenia” = band or stripe. 
References
  • Boettger, O. 1913. Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas. Pp. 269-375. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Vol. 3. Systematische Arbeiten. Schweizerbart’ sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele und Sproesser, Stuttgart - get paper here
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - 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
  • 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
  • Mertens,R. 1931. Ablepharus boutonii (DESJARDIN) und seine geographische Variation. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 63-210
  • SANCHEZ, Mickaël & Jean-Michel PROBST 2015. L’herpétofaune terrestre de l’île d’Europa (Océan Indien, Canal du Mozambique) : synthèse des connaissances et nouvelles données sur la répartition et l’écologie des espèces en vue de leur conservation. Bull. Soc. Herp. France 156: 63-76
  • Sanchez, Mickaël; Arthur Choeur, Florent Bignon, and Alexandre Laubin 2019. Reptiles of the Iles Eparses, Indian Ocean: Inventory, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Herp. Conserv. Biology 14 (2): - get paper here
  • Sternfeld, R. 1918. Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der pazifischen Inselwelt. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 36: 375-436 [missing from BHL in 2023]
 
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