Cryptoblepharus buchananii explained

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 5cm (02inches).

Habitat

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

Reproduction

C. buchananii is oviparous.

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: 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. .