Emoia erronan BROWN, 1991

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Common Emo Skink
Synonym	Emoia erronan BROWN 1991 Emoia erronan — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Emoia erronan — INEICH 2011
Distribution	Vanuatu (Futuna Island) Type locality: Futuna Island, an island formerly called Erronan.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 60285
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: E. erronan can be readily distinguished from the other species of the E. concolor subgroup (except with E. aneityumensis) by its number of middorsal scale lines from the fron- toparietal to the base of the tail (77 to 84). It can then be distinguished from E. aneityumensis by its number of fourth toe subdigital lamellae (36 to 42 in E. aneityumensis vs 47 to 53 in E. erronan). [Ineich 2011]
Comment	Similar species: The skink Emoia erronan belongs to the Emoia concolor subgroup of the Emoia samoensis group. It is often mixed with the latter binomen in collections. Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	named 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 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 Ineich, I. 2011. Amphibians and reptiles. In: Bouchet P., Le Guyader H. & PascaL O. (eds), The Natural History of Santo. pp. 187-236. MNhN, Paris; Ird, Marseille; PNI, Paris. 572 pp. (Patrimoines naturels; 70). - get paper here Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here Zug, G.R. 2012. A new species of treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis species group) from Rotuma, south-central Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(1):74-84 - get paper here ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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