Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Scincidae > Cryptoblepharus > Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus

Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (Mottled Snake-eyed Skink; oceanic snake-eyed skink)

Synonyms: Ablepharus heterurus; Ablepharus poecilopleurus; Cryptoblepharus boutonii poecilopleurus

Infraspecies

Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus paschalis (Snake-eyed Skink) (Attributes)
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus poecilopleurus

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Arboreal, Saxicolous, Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
Japan Japan No
Polynesia-Micronesia Fiji, Micronesia, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, United States No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cylindrotaenia decidua <Unverified Name>[2]
Maxvachonia chabaudi <Unverified Name>[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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