Cryptoblepharus cognatus (BOETTGER, 1881)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Nosy Be Snake-eyed Skink
Synonym	Ablepharus boutonii var. cognatus BOETTGER 1881: 359 Ablepharus boutonii var. cognatus — BOULENGER 1887: 348 Cryptoblepharus cognatus — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus boutonii cognatus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 308 Cryptoblepharus cognatus — ANDREONE & GREER 2002 Cryptoblepharus cognatus — ANDREONE et al. 2003 Cryptoblepharus boutonii cognatus — ROCHA et al. 2006 Cryptoblepharus cognatus — HORNER 2007: 137
Distribution	Madagascar (Nosy Be, Nosy Ambariobe, Nosy Fanihy, Nosy Mitsio, Nosy Sakatia, Nosy Tanikely) Type locality: Nossi Be = Nosy Bé.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: SMF 15548 (6348, 1a in Boettger, 1893; Mertens, 1922 ), collected A. Stumpff, 1881. Designation by Mertens (1967).
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin cognatus = similar, related to, although Boettger doesn’t explicilty say to which species this one is similar (although he does say similar to var. B, whatever that is).
References	ANDREONE F., F. GLAW, R. A. NUSSBAUM, C. J. RAXWORTHY, M. VENCES, and J. E. RANDRIANIRINA 2003. The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna. Journal of Natural History 37 (17): 2119–2149 - get paper here Andreone, F. & Greer, A.E. 2002. Malagasy scincid lizards: descriptions of nine new species, with notes on the morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of some previously described species (Reptilia, Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Zoology 258, 139-181 - get paper here Boettger, O. 1881. Diagnoses reptilium et batrachiorum novorum ab ill. Antonio Stumpff in insula Nossi-Bé Madagascariensi lectorum. Zool. Anz. 4 (87): 358-362 - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) 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 Rocha, Sara; Carretero, Miguel A.; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Harris, D. James 2006. Deciphering patterns of transoceanic dispersal: the evolutionary origin and biogeography of coastal lizards (Cryptoblepharus) in the Western Indian Ocean region. Journal of Biogeography 33:13-22 - get paper here
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