Cryptoblepharus leschenault explained

Cryptoblepharus leschenault is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, leschenault, is in honor of French biologist Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour, who collected the holotype.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. leschenault is forest.

Reproduction

C. leschenault is oviparous.

Further reading

• Cocteau JT (1832). "Ablepharis". Magasin de Zoologie 2: classe 3, point 1. (Ablepharis lechenault, new species, six unnumbered pages + plate). (in French and Latin).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cryptoblepharus leschenault, p. 156).