Genus Cryptoblepharus
(snake-eyed skinks)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Lepidosauria (amphisbaenians, lizards, snakes, and tuataras)
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  Order Squamata (amphisbaenians, lizards, and snakes)
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  Suborder Scleroglossa (geckos, amphisbaenians, skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Suborder Autarchoglossa (skinks, snakes, and relatives)
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  Infraorder Scincomorpha (night lizards, skinks, whiptails, and relatives)
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  Family Scincidae (skinks)
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  Genus Cryptoblepharus (snake-eyed skinks)
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  Species Cryptoblepharus africanus
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  Species Cryptoblepharus aldabrae
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  Species Cryptoblepharus ater
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  Species Cryptoblepharus balinensis
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  Species Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus
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  Species Cryptoblepharus boutonii
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  Species Cryptoblepharus burdeni
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  Species Cryptoblepharus carnabyi
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  Species Cryptoblepharus caudatus
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  Species Cryptoblepharus cursor
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  Species Cryptoblepharus degrijsi
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  Species Cryptoblepharus egeriae
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  Species Cryptoblepharus eximius
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  Species Cryptoblepharus fuhni
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  Species Cryptoblepharus gloriosus
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  Species Cryptoblepharus keiensis