Cryptoblepharus ochrus HORNER, 2007
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Pale snake-eyed skink |
Synonym | Cryptoblepharus ochrus HORNER 2007: 97 Cryptoblepharus ochrus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (South Australia) Type locality: Coward Springs Siding, South Australia, 29°24’S 136°49’E. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NTM R22025, adult female, (Tissue sample No. ABTC YO6), coll. P. Horner, 17 December 1995. Shrubland, on outhouses and Casuarina trees, 1800 hours. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium sized (40–44 mm SVL), shortlegged, shallow-headed, arboreal Cryptoblepharus, distinguished from Australian congeners by combination of modal values of five supraciliary scales, 24 mid-body scale rows, 50 paravertebral scales, 20 fourth toe subdigital lamellae and 13 lenticular scale organs; mean values of 39.0 mm snout-vent length, head depth 39.2% of head length, forelimb length 34.1% of snout-vent length, hindlimb length 42.5% of snout-vent length; weakly keeled fourth toe subdigital lamellae; pale, acute plantar scales; usually 3+3 posttemporal scales, and narrow, pale dorsolateral stripes. |
Comment | Sympatry. Sympatric with C. australis and C. pannosus at 1.5 km northeast of Clifton Hills Outstation, South Australia. |
Etymology | From the Greek adjective ochrus, meaning pale; in reference to the pale pigmentation and obscure body pattern of samples from the type locality. |
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