Emoia callisticta (PETERS & DORIA, 1878)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Euprepes (Tiliqua) callistictus PETERS & DORIA 1878: 355 Lygosoma callistictum — LIDTH DE JEUDE 1897: 2 Emoia acrocarinatum KOPSTEIN 1926: 95 (fide BROWN 1991) Emoia callisticta — SMITH 1937: 227 Emoia acrocarinatum — BROWN 1953: 23 Emoia acrocarinata — GREER 1974: 20 Emoia callisticta — GREER 1974: 20 Emoia callisticta — BAUER et al. 1995: 61
Distribution	Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Type locality: “Soron” [= Sorong, Irian Jaya, indonesia].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MSNG 28049
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Comment
Etymology	The genus is named after Greek kallos = beauty, ornament, and Greek stiktos (στικτός), punctured, spotted.
References	Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp. 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 Brown, Walter C. 1953. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 69 A review of New Guinea lizards allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae (Scincidae). American Museum Novitates (1627): 1-25 - 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 Kopstein,P.F. 1926. Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln. Zoologische Mededelingen 1: 71-112 - get paper here Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig and G. Doria. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn. nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova. ser. 1, 13: 323-450 - 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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