Emoia caeruleocauda

Emoia caeruleocauda, commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.[2]

Emoia caeruleocauda

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. caeruleocauda
Binomial name
Emoia caeruleocauda
(De Vis, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Mocoa caeruleocauda
    De Vis, 1892
  • Lygosoma cyanurum werneri
    T. Vogt, 1912
  • Lygosoma werneri triviale
    Schüz, 1929
  • Emoia triviale — Schmidt, 1932
  • Lygosoma werneri — Angel, 1935
  • Emoia werneri — Parker, 1936
  • Emoia caeruleocauda
    — Greer, 1974[2]

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.[2]

References
  1. Gonzalez JC, Diesmos AC, Allison A, Hamilton A, Tallowin O (2012). "Emoia caeruleocauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T195301A2377567. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195301A2377567.en.
  2. "Emoia caeruleocauda (DE VIS, 1892)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 25 July 2014. External link in |publisher= (help)

Further reading
  • Das I. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Emoia caeruleocauda, p. 110).
  • De Vis CW. 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea. Part 1. Vertebrata. Annals of the Queensland Museum 2: 1-24. (Mocoa caeruleocauda, new species).
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