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Emoia taumakoensis MCCOY & WEBBER, 1984

IUCN Red List - Emoia taumakoensis - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Taurnako Emo Skink 
SynonymEmoia taumakoensis MCCOY & WEBBER 1984
Emoia taumakoensis — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 
DistributionSolomon Islands (Santa Cruz)

Type locality: Taumako, Duff Islands, Solomon Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMS (AM) R98233, Tahua, Duff Islands, Solomon Islands, collected M. McCoy & P. Webber, 6.i.1981. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1515 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentAbundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Adler,G.H.; Austin,C.C. & Dudley,R. 1995. Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529-541 - get paper here
  • Klein, E. R., Harris, R. B., Fisher, R. N. and Reeder, T. W. 2016. Biogeographical history and coalescent species delimitation of Pacific island skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia cyanura species group). Journal of Biogeography.doi: 10.1111/jbi.12772 - get paper here
  • McCoy M; Webber P 1984. Two new species of scincid lizards from Santa Cruz and Duff Islands, Solomon Islands. Copeia 1984 (3): 571-578 - get paper here
  • McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp.
  • McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
 
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