Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Scincidae > Cryptoblepharus > Cryptoblepharus boutonii

Cryptoblepharus boutonii (Snake-eyed Skink)

Synonyms: Ablepharus boutonii; Ablepharus peronii (heterotypic); Cryptoblepharus boutonii boutonii; Scincus boutonii; Scinus boutonii

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2 grams
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal, Saxicolous
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.575 inches (4 cm)

Predators

Falco newtoni (Malagasy Kestrel)[3]
Tringa incana (Wandering Tattler)[3]

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
♦ 2Meiri, 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
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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