Cryptoblepharus leschenault is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Cryptoblepharus |
| Species: | C. leschenault
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| Cryptoblepharus leschenault (Cocteau, 1832)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, leschenault, is in honor of French biologist Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour, who collected the holotype.[2][3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of C. leschenault is forest.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d Cryptoblepharus leschenault at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ^ 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 edit
- 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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