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Cream-striped Shinning-skink
Cryptoblepharus virgatus (Garman, 1901)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Cryptoblepharus virgatus, also commonly known as the striped snake-eyed skink, cream-striped shinning-skink, wall skink, fence skink, and snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is native to northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is an active little lizard, and if threatened will often play dead to confuse the attacker.
Wikipedia contributors, Cryptoblepharus virgatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:04:39.998922+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cryptoblepharus virgatus (Garman, 1901)
- Name authority
- (Garman, 1901)
- Common name
- Cream-striped Shinning-skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Cryptoblepharus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyEugongylinae
- genusCryptoblepharus
- speciesCryptoblepharus virgatus (Garman, 1901)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cryptoblepharus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cryptoblepharus caudatus (Sternfeld, 1918) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arafura snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus gurrmul Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus boutonii (Des Jardin, 1831) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus burdeni Dunn, 1927 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus ater (Boettger, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus (Boettger, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nosy Be Snake-eyed SkinkCryptoblepharus cognatus (Boettger, 1881) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swanson’s snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus cygnatus Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dappled snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus daedalos Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus eximius Girard, 1858 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-boulder Shinning-skinkCryptoblepharus fuhni Covacevich & Ingram, 1978 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptoblepharus furvus Horner, 2007 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ablepharus virgatus Garman, 1901 Garman, 1901 | synonym |
| Ablepharus boutoni pulcher Sternfeld, 1918 Sternfeld, 1918 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cryptoblepharus&species=virgatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:ZV3W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.