Cryptoblepharus rutilus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

{{speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ineich, I. |date=2010 |title=Cryptoblepharus rutilus |volume=2010 |page=e.T178173A7492327 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178173A7492327.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Cryptoblepharus

| species = rutilus

| authority = (Peters, 1879)

| range_map = Cryptoblepharus rutilus distribution.png

}}

Cryptoblepharus rutilus is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Palau.