Emoia tetrataenia (BOULENGER, 1895)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Four-striped Emo Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma tetrataenia BOULENGER 1895: 30 Emoia tetrataenia — SMITH 1937: 227 Emoia tetrataenia — GREER 1974 Emoia tetrataenia — BROWN 1991: 51
Distribution	Papua New Guinea (Louisiade Group), Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Type locality: Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.10.96 (formerly 95.4.26.36), Ferguson I., D'Entrecasteaux Group, PNG, collected A.S. Meek, designated by Brown (1991).
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Comment
References	Boulenger, G. A. 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Ferguson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 16: 28-32 - get paper here Brown W C 1991. Lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) with observations on their evolution and biogeography. MEMOIRS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (No. 15) 1991: i-vi, 1-94 - get paper here Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here Kraus, Fred 2018. A New Species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 52 (4): 430-436 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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