Inland snake-eyed skink

Appearance

''C. australis'' usually has quite distinct features: 6 supraciliary scales, 24 mid-body scale rows; smooth sub digital lamellae; immaculate, acute plantar scales. They are greyish in colour and have a longitudinal aligned body pattern.
The ''Crytoplepharus'' genus species ‘Snake eyed Skink’ thrives on vertical surfaces of rocks, trees and buildings which are challenging habitats that demand quite different adaptions and body characteristics to do so The lizard requires special characteristics of its body type for its challenging vertical surfaces, which include; a dorsally depressed body and long splayed limbs, digits which create a low centre of gravity and an intimate contact with the surface. These little skinks are swift and sure footed vertically as they are horizontally on a plane

Similar Species Include;
Metallic snake-eyed skink
Adams' snake-eyed skink
Fuhn's snake-eyed skink
Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis
Cryptoblepharus Virgatus Wall Skink

Naming

Cryptoblepharus: ‘hidden eyelid’, referring to the fused eyelids.

Australis: ‘southern’, or more generally referring to Australia

Other names include: It has many names and has changed constantly, ‘Carnaby’s Snake Eyed Skink’, ‘Carnaby’s Wall Skink’ and just the scientific name ''Cryptoblepharus australis''.''C. australis'' usually has quite distinct features: 6 supraciliary scales, 24 mid-body scale rows; smooth sub digital lamellae; immaculate, acute plantar scales. They are greyish in colour and have a longitudinal aligned body pattern.
The ''Crytoplepharus'' genus species ‘Snake eyed Skink’ thrives on vertical surfaces of rocks, trees and buildings which are challenging habitats that demand quite different adaptions and body characteristics to do so The lizard requires special characteristics of its body type for its challenging vertical surfaces, which include; a dorsally depressed body and long splayed limbs, digits which create a low centre of gravity and an intimate contact with the surface. These little skinks are swift and sure footed vertically as they are horizontally on a plane

Similar Species Include;
Metallic snake-eyed skink
Adams' snake-eyed skink
Fuhn's snake-eyed skink
Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis
Cryptoblepharus Virgatus Wall Skink

Distribution

It is distributed across arid inland Australia, extending north to vicinity of Barkley Highway in the Northern Territory and Queensland, east to the central plains of Queensland, east to the central plains of Queensland and New South Wales, and south Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. In Western Australia, it is known from Murchison and Great Victoria Desert bioregions
For more of an idea, it is found in the interior of the state including these places; ‘Binerah Downs’ station, Yetman area, Armidale and Wahgunyah State Forest

Habitat

The Cryptoplepharus australis lives in; Semi-arid zone, woodland, open woodland, shrub land, grasslands, spinifex type environment

Reproduction

It produces two eggs to a clutch.

Food

Its diet consists of insects.

Predators

General threats to all reptiles include:

habitat loss from land clearing
habitat degradation by introduced species such as cattle and rabbits
habitat modification caused by global climate change
death on roads
feral predators such as dogs, cats, pigs and foxes
the introduced cane toad
emerging diseases