Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus
(Wiegmann, 1834)
krip-toe-BLEP-uh-rus — pee-sil-oh-PLUR-us
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to many Pacific islands. It is established throughout Hawai’i (Stejneger, 1899, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 21: 783–813; McGregor, 1904, Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28: 115–118; McKeown, 1996, A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Incorporated, Los Osos, California; Alvarez et al., 2023, Pacific Science 77: 87–101).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.09.06.10.08.49)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Hawaii
First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1899
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Stejneger, Leonhard H. The land reptiles of Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 21(1174):783-813
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1904
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McGregor, Richard C. Notes on Hawaiian reptiles from the island of Maui. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1383):115-118
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1996
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McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc., Los Osos, California. pp.
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2001
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Bauer, Aaron M. and Kraig Adler. The dating and correct citation of A. F. A. Wiegmann’s
“Amphibien” section of Meyen’s Reise um die Erde,
with a bibliography of Wiegmann’s herpetological
publications. Archives of Natural History 28(3):313–326
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2023
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Alvarez, V., Fisher, S. R., Barley, A. J., Donmoyer, K., Blom, M. P., Thomson, R. C., and Fisher, R. N. On the origin and current distribution of the Oceania Snake-Eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Pacific Science 77(1):87-101
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