Cryptoblepharus buchananii, also known as Buchanan's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard 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.
References
Further reading
- 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: 287âÂÂ293. (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. .