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Cryptoblepharus egeriae (BOULENGER, 1888)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesChristmas Island Blue-tailed Shinning-skink 
SynonymAblepharus 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 
DistributionAustralia (Christmas Islands)

Type locality: Christmas Is., Indian Ocean.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.15.86-88 (3) 
Diagnosis 
CommentThe 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”. 
Etymology 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1889. On the reptiles of Christmas Island. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1888: 534-536. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp.
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384
  • Gibson-Hill, C.A. 1947. The terrestrial reptiles [of the Christmas Islands]. Bull. Raffles Mus. No 18: 81-86
  • Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here
  • Horner, P. 2007. Systematics of the snake-eyed skinks, Cryptoblepharus Wiegmann (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) - an Australian based review. The Beagle Supplement 3: 21-198
  • Mertens,R. 1931. Ablepharus boutonii (DESJARDIN) und seine geographische Variation. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 63-210
  • Oliver PM, Blom MPK, Cogger HG, Fisher RN, Richmond JQ, Woinarski JCZ. 2018. Insular biogeographic origins and high phylogenetic distinctiveness for a recently depleted lizard fauna from Christmas Island, Australia. Biol. Lett. 14: 20170696 - get paper here
 
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