Cryptoblepharus egeriae (BOULENGER, 1888)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Christmas Island Blue-tailed Shinning-skink |
Synonym | Ablepharus egeriae BOULENGER 1888 Ablepharus boutonii egeriae — MERTENS 1931: 169 Ablepharus boutonii egeriae — GIBSON-HILL 1940 Cryptoblepharus egeriae — GREER 1974: 21 Cryptoblepharus egeriae — COGGER 1983: 141 Cryptoblepharus egeriae — COGGER 2000: 728 Cryptoblepharus egeriae — HORNER 2007: 147 |
Distribution | Australia (Christmas Islands) Type locality: Christmas Is., Indian Ocean. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.15.86-88 (3) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | The only Cryptoblepharus with interparietal distinct from the large, single frontoparietal shield. Cogger et al (1983) noted “common in household gardens and road- side vegetation between Flying Fish Cove and Rocky Point; basks on stone or brick walls, fences, ornamental trees, shrubs and coconut palms; also seen on fallen tree trunks as- sociated with clearings in primary rainforest; iridescent blue tail is a feature of both sexes and is brightest in juveniles, the intensity of colour diminishing in large adults”. |
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