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Pygmy snake-eyed skink |
Broome, Western Australia Photo © Ray Lloyd |
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Cryptoblepharus tytthos | ||||||||
Pronunciation | KRIP-toe-BLEFF-ah-russ | |||||||
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Etymology |
Cryptoblepharus: 'hidden eyelid', referring to the fused eyelids.
tytthos: "From the Greek adjective tytthos, meaning 'little' or 'small'; in reference to this taxon being the smallest known species of Cryptoblepharus."1 |
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Description
Usually having: 5 supraciliary scales; 24 midbody scale rows; 48 paravertebral scales; 11 plantar scales; 15 fourth finger subdigital lamellae; 18 fourth toe subdigital lamellae; strongly keeled fourth toe subdigital lamellae; pale, acute plantar scales. Similar species
Looks like Péron's snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus) Taxonomic notes
This species was described by Horner in 2007.1
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