Cryptoblepharus egeriae: Difference between revisions

''C. egeriae'' is most closely related to the [[Cryptoblepharus metallicus|''metallicus'']] group of ''[[Cryptoblepharus]],'' native to Australia, with the estimated divergence of ''C. egeriae'' from the group taking place around seven million years ago.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Oliver |first1=Paul M. |author-link=species:Paul M. Oliver |last2=Blom |first2=Mozes P. K. |last3=Cogger |first3=Harold G. |last4=Fisher |first4=Robert N. |author4-link=species:Robert N. Fisher |last5=Richmond |first5=Jonathan Q. |last6=Woinarski |first6=John C. Z. |date=2018-06-30 |title=Insular biogeographic origins and high phylogenetic distinctiveness for a recently depleted lizard fauna from Christmas Island, Australia |url= |journal=Biology Letters |volume=14 |issue=6 |pages=20170696 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2017.0696 |pmc=6030605 |pmid=29899126}}</ref>. It has an XY sex determination system,<ref name=":6" />, which is likely shared across all major skink lineages.