Cryptoblepharus_leschenault

<i>Cryptoblepharus leschenault</i>

Cryptoblepharus leschenault

Species of lizard

Cryptoblepharus leschenault is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[1][2]

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Etymology

The specific name, leschenault, is in honor of French biologist Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour, who collected the holotype.[2][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. leschenault is forest.[1]

Reproduction

C. leschenault is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Ineich I (2010). "Cryptoblepharus leschenault". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178721A7602825. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178721A7602825.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Cryptoblepharus leschenault at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. [3]
    Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cryptoblepharus leschenault, p. 156).

Further reading

  • Cocteau JT (1832). "Ablepharis". Magasin de Zoologie 2: classe 3, point 1. (Ablepharis lechenault, new species, six unnumbered pages + plate). (in French and Latin).


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