| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Samoa Skink |
| Synonym | Gongylus (Eumeces) samoensis DUMÉRIL 1851: 157
Emoia samoensis DUMÉRIL 1851
Eumeces samoensis DUMÉRIL 1851
Eumeces samoensis — MÜLLER 1880
Lygosoma samoense — BOULENGER 1897: 307
Lygosoma samoense — WERNER 1899: 375
Lygosoma (Emoa) samoense — STERNFELD 1918: 407
Lygosoma (Emoa) samoense — ANGEL 1935: 54
Emoia samoensis — SMITH 1937: 227
Emoia samoensis — GREER 1974: 20
Emoia samoense — SCHWANER 1980
Emoia samoensis — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995
Emoia samoensis — BROWN 1991: 61
Emoia samoensis — ZUG 2012 |
| Distribution | Western and American Samoa, Cook Island
Type locality: Samoa
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: MNHN-RA 7070; paralectotype: MNHN-RA 7070A, Oceania (presumably Samoa), collected Hombron & Jacquinot, designated by Brown & Gibbons, 1977. |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (samoensis group): SVL at maturity 45-122 mm (only one species less than 52 mm); snout tapered and slightly to moderately depressed; scales smooth; midbody scale rows 26-42; dorsal scale rows 51-84; subdigital lamellae rounded to moderately thinned,fourth toe lamellae 32-81; frontoparietals fused; interparietal nearly always distinct, ranging from long and narrow to small; nasal bones separate; parietal eye present; palate alpha type; dorsal ground color for most species greenish or greenish tan, others light to dark brown, usually with darker markings on dorsal and upper lateral surfaces and sometimes pale spots or dashes (Fig. 2f-h). |
| Comment | Group: Brown 1991 considered 13 species as members of the samoensis group: sanfordi, murphyi, aneityumensis, erronan, nigra, flavigularis, parkeri, nigromarginata, trossula, loyualtiensis, concolor, campbelli, samoensis. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
| References |
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