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Emoia
''Emoia'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae. The genus ''Emoia'' belongs to a group of genera mainly from the southwestern Pacific-Australian region. These small skinks are commonly known as emoias or skinks. Species List of 78 valid ''Emoia'' species and their respective authors, geographical ranges, and common names from the Reptile Database: ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Emoia''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q898029 Lizard genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Bluetail Skink
''Emoia caeruleocauda'', commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. Geographic range ''E. caeruleocauda'' is found widespread from Southern Indonesia through New Guinea and the Solomon Islands northward into the Marianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, New Hebrides, Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Torba Province (Banks and Torres groups), Santo, Malo, Aore, Pentecost, Malakula, Ambrym, Tongoa, Efate, Erromango, Aniwa, Tanna, Futuna, and Anatom; New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands, but not on the mainland), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Indonesia (Moluccas, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya), Malaysia (Sabah), Admiralty Islands, Hiu Island Hiw (sometimes spelled ''Hiu'') is the northernmost island in Vanuatu, located in Torba Province. Name The island's name ''Hiw'' is taken from the local Hiw language; it is known as ''Hiu'' in neighboring Lo-Toga language, Lo-Toga. Etymologica .... References Further reading * Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Caeruleocauda
''Emoia caeruleocauda'', commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. Geographic range ''E. caeruleocauda'' is found widespread from Southern Indonesia through New Guinea and the Solomon Islands northward into the Marianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, New Hebrides, Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Torba Province (Banks and Torres groups), Santo, Malo, Aore, Pentecost, Malakula, Ambrym, Tongoa, Efate, Erromango, Aniwa, Tanna, Futuna, and Anatom; New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands, but not on the mainland), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Indonesia (Moluccas, Sulawesi, Irian Jaya), Malaysia (Sabah), Admiralty Islands, Hiu Island Hiw (sometimes spelled ''Hiu'') is the northernmost island in Vanuatu, located in Torba Province. Name The island's name ''Hiw'' is taken from the local Hiw language; it is known as ''Hiu'' in neighboring Lo-Toga language, Lo-Toga. Etymologica .... References Further reading * Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Boettgeri
''Emoia boettgeri'', also known commonly as Boettger's emo skink, the Micronesia forest skink, and the Micronesia spotted skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Micronesia. There are no recognized subspecies. Etymology The specific name, ''boettgeri'', is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Emoia boettgeri'', p. 30). Geographic range ''E. boettgeri'' is found in the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands in eastern Micronesia Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''E. boettgeri'' is forest, at altitudes from sea level to . Behavior ''E. boettgeri'' is terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Battersbyi
Battersby's emo skink (''Emoia battersbyi'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Oceania and Southeast Asia. Etymology The specific name, ''battersbyi'', is in honour of British herpetologist James Clarence Battersby (1901–1993). Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Emoia battersbyi'', p. 19; ''Emoia ahli'', p. 3). The synonym, ''Lygosoma ahli'', is in honour of German zoologist Ernst Ahl. Geographic range ''E. battersbyi'' is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''E. battersbyi'' is forest, at altitudes from sea level to . Reproduction ''E. battersbyi'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Baudini
''Emoia baudini'', also known commonly as Baudin's emo skink, Baudin's skink, and the Great Bight cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Guinea, Maluku, and Sulawesi. Etymology The specific name, ''baudini'', is in honour of French explorer Nicolas Baudin. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Emoia baudini'', p. 19). Common names In addition to the above English common names, ''E. baudini'' is known as ''mas'' in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. Bulmer RNH, Menzies JI, Parker F (1975)"Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes" ''Journal of the Polynesian Society'' 84 (3): 267–308. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''E. baudini'' is forest. Reproduction ''E. baudini'' is viviparous Among animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the parent. This is opposed to o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Adspersa
Steindachner's emo skink, Micronesian skink, dark-sided emoia, dark-sided skink, or dateline emoia (''Emoia adspersa'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Micronesia. The species has also been noted to occur on Niuafoʻou, the northernmost island of Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ..., with sightings in 1930 and 1994. The species is not present on other Tongan islands, and is possibly present due to waif dispersal occurring during Polynesian migration. References Emoia Reptiles described in 1870 Taxa named by Franz Steindachner {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Aneityumensis
''Emoia aneityumensis'', Medway's emo skink or the Anatom emo skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no .... References Emoia Reptiles described in 1974 {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Atrocostata
''Emoia atrocostata'', commonly known as the littoral whiptail-skink, mangrove skink, or littoral skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It inhabits mangroves, back-beach vegetation and rocky shorelines. It is semi-aquatic and forages in tidal pools. Description The species can be distinguished from the similar many-lined sun skink by the lack of keeled scales on the dorsal surface of the Mangrove Skink. Its colour is grey or brown-grey, flecked with black. There is a faint black band along each side. The throat is often bluish, and the belly greenish or yellow to orange. Distribution ''E. atrocostata'' can be found on the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and in Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Aenea
The bronze emo skink or bronze skink (''Emoia aenea'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... References Emoia Reptiles described in 1985 Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown Taxa named by Frederick Stanley Parker {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Bismarckensis
''Emoia bismarckensis'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found on New Britain in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... References Emoia Reptiles described in 1983 Reptiles of Papua New Guinea Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown Skinks of New Guinea {{Eugongylinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Arnoensis
The Micronesia black skink (''Emoia arnoensis'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Micronesia, likely limited within the Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Kosrae Kosrae ( ), formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an island in the Federated States of Micronesia. The State of Kosrae is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, and includes the main island of Kosrae and a few near .... There is debate on whether the Nauru population is a subspecies, due to its larger amount of middorsal scales. Habitat ''E. arnoensis'' is strongly terrestrial, typically in thickly weeded or vine covered open habitats. References Emoia Reptiles described in 1953 Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown Taxa named by Joe T. Marshall {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emoia Aurulenta
Brown's emo skink or golden forest skink (''Emoia aurulenta'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i .... References Emoia Reptiles described in 1985 Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown Taxa named by Frederick Stanley Parker {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |