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Emoia
Pacific bluetail skink
(Emoia caeruleocauda)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Emoia
Gray, 1845
Species

About 75, see text

Synonyms

Emoia is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Lygosominae. It belongs to a group of genera mainly from the southwestern Pacific-Australian region. The group also includes the genus Leiolopisma.[1]

These small skinks are commonly known as emoias.

Species

References

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  1. ^ Austin, J. J. and E. N. Arnold. (2006). Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 503–11. (HTML abstract)
  2. ^ Another vertebrate species reported extinct from the Hawaiian Islands. United States Geological Survey. March 20, 2012.
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