Cryptoblepharus genus of skinks (family Scincidae) commonly called snake-eyed skinks or shining-skinks . They occupy a fairly basal position among the Eugongylus
The following 54 species are some of the species recognized.
Cryptoblepharus adamsi Horner, 2007 Cryptoblepharus africanus (Sternfeld , 1918) Cryptoblepharus ahli Mertens , 1928Cryptoblepharus aldabrae (Sternfeld, 1918) Cryptoblepharus ater (Boettger , 1913) Cryptoblepharus australis (Sternfeld, 1918) – inland snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus balinensis Barbour , 1911Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus (Boettger, 1913) Cryptoblepharus boutonii (Desjardin, 1831) Cryptoblepharus buchananii (Gray , 1838) Cryptoblepharus burdeni Dunn , 1927Cryptoblepharus caudatus (Sternfeld, 1918) Cryptoblepharus cognatus (Boettger, 1913) Cryptoblepharus cursor Barbour, 1911 Cryptoblepharus cygnatus Horner, 2007 – Swanson’s snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus daedalos Horner, 2007 – dappled snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus degrijsi Mertens, 1928 Cryptoblepharus eximius Girard , 1857Cryptoblepharus exochus Horner, 2007 – noble snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus fuhni Covacevich & Ingram, 1978 – black-boulder shining-skinkCryptoblepharus furvus Horner, 2007 Cryptoblepharus gloriosus (Stejneger, 1893) Cryptoblepharus gurrmul Horner, 2007 – Arafura snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus juno Horner, 2007 – Juno’s snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus keiensis (Roux, 1910) Cryptoblepharus leschenault (Cocteau, 1832) Cryptoblepharus litoralis (Mertens, 1958) – coastal snake-eyed skink, supralittoral shining-skinkCryptoblepharus megastictus Storr , 1976Cryptoblepharus mertensi Horner, 2007 – Mertens’s snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus metallicus (Boulenger , 1887) – metallic snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus mohelicus Mertens, 1958 Cryptoblepharus nigropunctatus (Hallowell , 1861) Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae Mertens, 1928 Cryptoblepharus novocaledonicus (Mertens, 1928) Cryptoblepharus ochrus Horner, 2007 – pale snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus pallidus Mertens, 1928 Cryptoblepharus pannosus Horner, 2007 Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus (Cocteau, 1836) – Péron’s snake-eyed skink, callose-palmed shining-skinkCryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (Wiegmann , 1836) – mottled snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus renschi Mertens, 1928 Cryptoblepharus richardsi Horner, 2007 Cryptoblepharus ruber Börner & Schüttler, 1981 – tawny snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus rutilus (W. Peters, 1879) Cryptoblepharus schlegelianus Mertens, 1928 Cryptoblepharus sumbawanus Mertens, 1928 Cryptoblepharus tytthos Horner, 2007 – pygmy snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus ustulatus Horner, 2007 – russet snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus virgatus (Garman , 1901) – cream-striped shining-skink, wall skinkCryptoblepharus voeltzkowi (Sternfeld, 1918) Cryptoblepharus wulbu Horner, 2007 – spangled snake-eyed skinkCryptoblepharus xenikos Horner, 2007 Cryptoblepharus yulensis Horner, 2007 Cryptoblepharus zoticus Horner, 2007 – agile snake-eyed skinkFossil species or original research
†Cryptoblepharus egeriae (Boulenger, 1888) – Blue-tailed skink
Nota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cryptoblepharus .
