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Emoia Gray, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173976

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Emoias [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2022

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Autarchoglossa
	Family	Scincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks
	Subfamily	Eugongylinae Welch, 1982
	Genus	Emoia Gray, 1845 – Emoias
		Direct Children:
	Species	Emoia adspersa (Steindachner, 1870) – Dark-sided Skink, Dateline Emoia, Dark-sided Emoia, Steindachner's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia aenea Brown and Parker, 1985 – Bronze Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia aneityumensis Medway, 1974 – Medway's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia arnoensis Brown and Marshall, 1953 – Arno Skink, Arno Emoia, Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia atrocostata (Lesson, 1830) – Littoral Skink, Littoral Emoia, Littoral Whiptail-skink, Mangrove Skink
	Species	Emoia aurulenta Brown and Parker, 1985 – Brown's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia battersbyi (Procter, 1923) – Battersby's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia baudini (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Great Bight Cool-skink, Baudin's Skink
	Species	Emoia beryllion Kraus, 2018
	Species	Emoia bismarckensis Brown, 1983
	Species	Emoia boettgeri (Sternfeld, 1918) – Boettger's Skink, Boettger's Emoia, Boettger's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia bogerti Brown, 1953 – Bogert's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia brongersmai Brown, 1991 – Brongersma's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia caeruleocauda (De Vis, 1892) – Marianas Blue-tailed Skink, Pacific Blue-tailed Emoia, Marianas Blue-tailed Emoia, Pacific Bluetail Skink
	Species	Emoia callisticta (Peters and Doria, 1878)
	Species	Emoia campbelli Brown and Gibbons, 1986 – Montane Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia coggeri Brown, 1991 – Cogger's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia concolor (A. H. A. Duméril in A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851) – Fiji Green Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia cyanogaster (Lesson, 1830) – Blue-bellied Skink, Blue-bellied Emoia, Teal Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia cyanura (Lesson, 1830) – Azure-tailed Emoia, Azure-tailed skink, Copper-tailed Copper-striped Emoia, Copper-tailed Skink
	Species	Emoia cyclops Brown, 1991 – Cyclops Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia digul Brown, 1991 – Digul Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia erronan Brown, 1991 – Common Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia flavigularis Schmidt, 1932 – Yellow-throated Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia guttata Brown and Allison, 1986 – Allison's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia impar (Werner, 1898) – Azure-tailed Skink, Blue-tailed Striped Emoia, Blue-tailed Striped Skink
	Species	Emoia irianensis Brown, 1991 – Irian Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia isolata Brown, 1991 – Isloated Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia jakati (Kopstein, 1926) – Jakati Emoia, Kopstein's Emoia, Kopstein's Skink, Kopstein's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia jamur Brown, 1991 – Jamur Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia kitcheneri How, Durrant, Smith and Saleh, 1998
	Species	Emoia klossi (Boulenger, 1914) – Kloss' Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia kordoana (Meyer, 1874) – Meyer's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia kuekenthali (Boettger, 1895) – Kuekenthal Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia laobaoensis Bourret, 1937
	Species	Emoia lawesii (Günther, 1874) – Lawes' Emoia, Lawes' Skink, Pili Oua, Günther's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia longicauda (Macleay, 1877) – Shrub Whiptail-skink
	Species	Emoia loveridgei Brown, 1953 – Loveridge's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia loyaltiensis (Roux, 1913) – Roux's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia maculata Brown, 1954 – Spotted Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia maxima Brown, 1953 – Great Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia mivarti (Boulenger, 1887) – Mivart's Skink, Mivart's Emoia, Boulenger's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia mokolahi Zug, Ineich, Pregill and Hamilton, 2012
	Species	Emoia mokosariniveikau Zug and Ineich, 1995
	Species	Emoia montana Brown, 1991 – Mountain Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia nativitatis (Boulenger, 1887) – Christmas Island Whiptail-skink, Forest Skink
	Species	Emoia nigra (Jacquinot and Guichenot, 1853) – Black Skink, Black Emoia, Black Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia nigromarginata (Roux, 1913) – Black-bordered Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia obscura (De Jong, 1927) – Obscure Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia oribata Brown, 1953
	Species	Emoia oriva Zug, 2012
	Species	Emoia pallidiceps (De Vis, 1890) – De Vis' Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia paniai Brown, 1991 – Coastal Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia parkeri Brown, Pernetta and Watling, 1980 – Parker's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia physicae (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Slender Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia physicina Brown and Parker, 1985 – Five-toed Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia ponapea Kiester, 1982 – Ponape Forest Skink, Ponape Forest Emoia, Kiester's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia popei Brown, 1953 – Pope's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia pseudocyanura Brown, 1991 – False Bluetail Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia pseudopallidiceps Brown, 1991 – Arboreal Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia reimschiisseli Tanner, 1950 – Reimschisel's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia rennellensis Brown, 1991 – Bright Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia ruficauda Taylor, 1915 – Redtail Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia rufilabialis McCoy and Webber, 1984 – Red-lipped Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia samoensis (A. H. A. Duméril in A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851) – Samoan Skink, Samoan Emoia, Samoa Skink
	Species	Emoia sanfordi Schmidt and Burt, 1930 – Sanford's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia schmidti Brown, 1954 – Schmidt's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia similis Dunn, 1927 – Dunn's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia slevini Brown and Falanruw, 1972 – Slevin's Skink, Marianas Emoia, Slevin's Emoia, Slevin's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia sorex (Boettger, 1895) – Sorex Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia submetallica (Macleay, 1877) – Madeay's Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia taumakoensis McCoy and Webber, 1984 – Taurnako Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia tetrataenia (Boulenger, 1895) – Four-striped Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia tongana (Werner, 1899)
	Species	Emoia tropidolepis (Boulenger, 1914) – Forest Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia trossula Brown and Gibbons, 1986 – Fiji Barred Treeskink, Gibbons' Emo Skink
	Species	Emoia tuitarere Zug, Hamilton and Austin, 2011
	Species	Emoia veracunda Brown, 1953 – Tropical Emo Skink

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Emoia

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Emoia

	Source:	Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)
	Acquired:	2002
	Notes:	Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022
	Reference for:	Emoia

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Applegarth, J. S.
	Publication Date:	1983
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition
	Page(s):	54
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
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	Notes:
	Reference for:	Emoia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Emoia

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