Blue-tailed Skink

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Blue-tailed Skink

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cryptoblepharus
Species: C. egeriae
Binomial name
Cryptoblepharus egeriae
(Boulenger, 1888)

The Blue-tailed Skink (Cryptoblepharus egeriae) is a skink common on Christmas Island. It is relatively small with a brown-to-yellow body and a bright blue tail.