Emoia obscura (DE JONG, 1927)
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Emoia obscura
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Obscure Emo Skink |
| Synonym | Lygosoma mivarti obscurum DE JONG 1927: 317 Emoia submetallica osbscura — BROWN 1953: 16 Emoia submetallica osbscura — BROWN & PARKER 1985 Emoia obscura — MYS 1988: 136 Emoia obscura — BROWN 1991: 24 Emoia obscura — GOLDBERG & KRAUS 2008 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya Type locality: Prauwenbivak, Idenburg river, West New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: ZMA.RENA 11445, Prauwenbivak, Idenburg River, New Guinea, collected W.C. van Heurn, ix.1920. Designation by Brown (1991); Paratype: MZB Lace. 372. |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: Differs from the typical subspecies primarily in color pattern (the generally smaller, more isolated, dark spots on the dorsum; the greater tendency for a series of light spots along the dorsolateral line to break up the regular margin of the dark lateral color; the darker chin and lips, only the mental being light), and the generally slightly lower number of midbody scale rows and slightly higher number of subdigital lamellae (table 4). (Brown 1953: 16) |
| Comment | Synonymy: Lygosoma mivarti obscurum DE JONG 1927 is a synonym of Emoia baudinii pallidiceps fide DAAN & HILLENIUS 1966: 133. |
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