''Cryptoblepharus buchananii'', also known as Buchanan's snake-eyed skink, is a species of

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia.

Description

Large for its genus, ''C. buchananii'' may attain a snout-to-vent length of .

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of ''C. buchananii'' are desert, shrubland, and forest.

Reproduction

''C. buchananii'' is

oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...

References

* Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . * Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'', 'First Series'' 2: 287–293. (''Tiliqua buchananii'', new species, p. 291). *Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). ''A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition''. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. . Cryptoblepharus Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Reptiles described in 1838 Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{skink-stub

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