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Noble snake-eyed skink |
Point Spring, Western Australia Photo © Ray Lloyd |
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Cryptoblepharus exochus | ||||||||
Pronunciation | KRIP-toe-BLEFF-ah-russ | |||||||
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Etymology |
Cryptoblepharus: 'hidden eyelid', referring to the fused eyelids.
exochus: from the Latin adjective exochus, meaning 'standing out' or 'eminent'; in reference to the distinctiveness of this taxon in comparison to closely related congeners.1 |
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Range
The border region of far north-western Northern Territory and far north-eastern Western Australia. Found in the following Australian states/territoriesNorthern Territory, Western Australia Habitat
Arboreal. |
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