Cryptoblepharus egeriae: Difference between revisions

The '''Cryptoblepharus egeriae''', more commonly known as the Christmas Island Blue-Tailed Skink, once inhabited [[Christmas Island]]. The Christmas Island Blue-Tailed Skink was discovered in 1886.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Boulenger |first=G. A. |date=2009-08-20 |title=On the Reptiles of Christmas Island |url=https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1888.tb06729.x |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=534–536 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1888.tb06729.x |issn=0370-2774}}</ref> In 2002 scientists with the Christmas Island National Parks discovered that the yellow crazy ant (''[[yellow crazy ant|Anoplolepis gracilipes]]'') was becoming a threat to the Christmas Island Blue-Tailed Skink.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Yellow crazy ant biocontrol |url=https://parksaustralia.gov.au/christmas/discover/nature/conservation/yellow-crazy-ant-biocontrol/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=parksaustralia.gov.au |language=en-au}}</ref> Since their introduction in 1980 the yellow crazy ants had started to massively disrupt the [[biodiversity]] on Christmas Island.<ref name=":0" /> This discovery put the Christmas Island Blue-Tailed Skink on the endangered animals list in 2006.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Options beyond captivity for two critically endangered Christmas Island reptiles |url=https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/projects/options-beyond-captivity-for-two-critically-endangered-christmas-island-reptiles#:~:text=The%20blue-tailed%20skink%20(Cryptoblepharus,rapidly%20from%20the%20late%201980s. |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au}}</ref> By 2009 [[Taronga Zoo]] decided to start an active breeding program in hopes of being able to release some of the skinks back into the wild.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Saving the Blue-Tailed Skink |url=http://www.taronga.org.au/media-release/2019-09-12/saving-blue-tailed-skink |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Saving the Blue-Tailed Skink {{!}} Taronga Conservation Society Australia |language=en}}</ref> However, by 2010 the Christmas Island Blue-Tailed Skink was [[extinct in the wild]].