Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Scincidae > Cryptoblepharus > Cryptoblepharus gloriosus

Cryptoblepharus gloriosus (Glorioso Snake Eyed Skink)

Synonyms: Ablepharus gloriosus; Cryptoblepharus boutonii gloriosus; Cryptoblepharus boutonii mayottensis; Cryptoblepharus boutonii mohelicus

Infraspecies

Cryptoblepharus gloriosus gloriosus
Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mayottensis
Cryptoblepharus gloriosus mohelicus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Cryptoblepharus gloriosus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2 grams
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.575 inches (4 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Aldabra Island xeric scrub Seychelles Afrotropic Deserts and Xeric Shrublands  
Comoros forests Comoros Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0