A study recently has found the top end is a hot spot for snake eyed skinks with one new discovery that was very exciting for herpetologist Paul Horner (2008).

[2] Cryptoblepharus snaked-eyed skink species live on vertical surfaces of rocks, trees and buildings which are challenging habitats that demand quite different adaptions and body characteristics.

[4] These physical characteristics include a dorsally depressed body and long splayed limbs, digits which create a low centre of gravity and an intimate contact with the surface.

In Western Australia, it is known from Murchison and Great Victoria Desert bioregions [2] 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 [5] The Cryptoplepharus australis lives in; Semi-arid zone, woodland, open woodland, shrub land, grasslands, spinifex type environment[6] It is an arboreal (tree dwelling), rock inhabiting and diurnal (active during the day), in a natural environment they are found under bark on standing trees, and crevices in the dead timber and rocks.

[4] The Crytoplepharus genus species 'Snake eyed Skink' as mentioned above thrives on vertical surfaces of rocks, trees and buildings which are challenging habitats that demand quite different adaptations.