Blue-tailed Skink

Summary

Blue-tailed Skink is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month, #1,538 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blue-tailed Skink's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Blue-tailed Skink is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• HMS Egeria is named after Blue-tailed Skink^[5].
• Blue-tailed Skink's IUCN conservation status is recorded as extinct in the wild^[6].
• Blue-tailed Skink is classified within Cryptoblepharus^[7].
• Blue-tailed Skink is endemic to Christmas Island^[8].
• Blue-tailed Skink's scientific name is Cryptoblepharus egeriae^[9].
• Blue-tailed Skink's Commons category is recorded as Cryptoblepharus egeriae^[10].
• Blue-tailed Skink's short name is recorded as C. egeriae^[11].
• Blue-tailed Skink's taxon author citation is recorded as (Boulenger, 1889)^[12].
• Blue-tailed Skink's P14516 is recorded as Q140084495^[13].

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Classification

Blue-tailed Skink's scientific name is Cryptoblepharus egeriae^[9]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Cryptoblepharus^[7].

Discovery and Description

HMS Egeria is named after Blue-tailed Skink^[5].

Distribution

Blue-tailed Skink is endemic to Christmas Island^[8].

Identifiers

Blue-tailed Skink's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 37170^[14]. Blue-tailed Skink's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2509230^[15]. Blue-tailed Skink's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 815925^[16]. Blue-tailed Skink's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2463625^[17]. Blue-tailed Skink's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1181922^[18].

Why It Matters

Blue-tailed Skink ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,504 views/month, #1,538 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]