Blue-tailed skink

(Cryptoblepharus egeriae)

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Description

ryptoblepharus egeriae, the Christmas Island blue-tailed shining-skink, blue-tailed skink, or Christmas Island blue-tailed skink, is a species of skink, a lizard native to Australia's Christmas Island, and is not closely related to the Plestiodon skinks of North America, whose juveniles are known for their blue tails. It is relatively small with a black body with yellow stripes going to a bright blue tail. It is currently extinct in the wild

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Cryptoblepharus
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