Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus

Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species: Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus

Name

• Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus (Hallowell, 1861)

Holotype: presumably lost, collected by Capt. Rodgers on October 1854.

Type locality: “Bonin Islands”, Japan.

Combinations

• Ablepharus nigropunctatus Hallowell, 1861: 487 [original combination]
• Ablepharus boutonii nigropunctatus — Mertens, 1931: 138
• Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus — Greer, 1974: 21 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Hallowell, E. [1860] 1861. Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480–510. BHL Reference page. 
• Paul Horner, 2007. Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus Hallowell, 1860 (S. 152–153). In: Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) - an Australian based review. The Beagle Supplement 3: 21–198

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 October 2018.
• IUCN: Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus  (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Snake-eyed Skink
日本語: オガサワラトカゲ