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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
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyEugongylinae Welch, 1982  
                                     GenusEmoia 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:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  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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