Emoia caeruleocauda

Emoia caeruleocauda
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
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

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, Solomons 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), Admirality Islands, Hiu Island.

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).