Cryptoblepharus gloriosus (STEJNEGER, 1893)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Cryptoblepharus gloriosus gloriosus (STEJNEGER 1893) Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mayottensis MERTENS 1928 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mohelicus MERTENS 1928
Common Names
Synonym	Ablepharus gloriosus STEJNEGER 1893: 723 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis MERTENS 1928 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis MERTENS 1928: 83 Ablepharus boutonii mayottensis — MERTENS 1931: 181 Ablepharus boutonii gloriosus — MERTENS 1931: 179 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus mayottensis — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis — MEIRTE 1999 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus — HORNER 2007: 138 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus — SANCHEZ et al. 2019 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mayottensis MERTENS 1928 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis MERTENS 1928 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis — ROCHA et al. 2006 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mayottensis — HORNER 2007: 139 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2011 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mohelicus MERTENS 1928 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mohelicus MERTENS 1928: 84 Ablepharus boutonii mohelicus — MERTENS 1931: 183 Cryptoblepharus mohelicus — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mohelicus — CARRETERO et al. 2005 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mohelicus — ROCHA et al. 2006 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mohelicus — HORNER 2007: 139 Cryptoblepharus boutonii mohelicus — HAWLITSCHEK et al. 2011
Distribution	Glorioso Island; Type locality: Glorioso Island mayottensis: Comoro Islands (Mayotte); Type locality: Mayotte Island, Comoro IslanIslands. mohelicus: Mohéli (Mwali) Island, Comoro Islands; Type locality: Miremani, Mohéli (Mwali) Island, Comoro Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 20463 holotype: ZMB 19037; Paratype: ZFMK 95262 (ex-ZMB 57165) [mayottensis] Holotype: ZMB 33125 [mohelicus]
Diagnosis
Comment	BRYGOO (1986) synonymized Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis MERTENS 1928: 83 with Cryptoblepharus (boutonii) gloriosus (Stejneger). Conservation: “Glorioso and these islands seem to be heavily degraded and full of rats. We can even not exclude that C. gloriosus and the other Glorioso endemics (Amphiglossus valhallae, Zonosaurus madagascariensis insulanus) have become extinct in the meantime. The islands are very small (ca. 5 square kilometres in total) and there might be almost no chance to escape any major threats like rats etc. I therefore think the endemic taxa should be treated as Critically Endangered" and there is an urgent need for a herpetological survey to clarify the situation.” [F. Glaw, pers. comm. 8 June 2011].
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here Carretero, M.A.; Harris, J.D. & Rocha, S. 2005. Recent observation of reptiles in the Comoro islands (Western Indian Ocean). Herpetological Bulletin (91): 19-28 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 Hawlitschek, Oliver; Boris Brückmann, Johannes Berger, Katie Green, Frank Glaw 2011. Integrating field surveys and remote sensing data to study distribution, habitat use and conservation status of the herpetofauna of the Comoro Islands. ZooKeys 144: 21-79 - 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 Mertens,R. 1931. Ablepharus boutonii (DESJARDIN) und seine geographische Variation. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 63-210 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 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 Stejneger, L. 1893. On some collections of reptiles and batrachians from East Africa and the adjacent islands, recently received from Dr. W. L. Abbott and Mr. William Astor Chanler, with descriptions of new species. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 16: 711-741 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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