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Emoia aenea BROWN & PARKER, 1985

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bronze Emo Skink 
SynonymEmoia aenea BROWN & PARKER 1985
Lygosoma baudini BOULENGER 1914 (part.)
Emoia aenea — BROWN 1991 
DistributionS Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian Jaya)

Type locality: “at Menemsore, Western Province, Papua New Guinea”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 131949 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: This species can be differentiated from other species of the E. submetallica complex on the basis of the following combina tion of characters: (1)31 to 36 midbody scale rows; (2) 49 to 54 paravertebral scale rows between the parietals and the base of the tail; (3) 39 to 46 rounded lamellae under the fourth toe; (4) sixth (rarely fifth) upper labial enlarged and beneath the eye; (5) snout-vent length at maturity 53.5 to 71.0 mm; (6) such features of the color pattern as dorsum medium brown (in life bronzy anteriorly), sometimes with darker blotches in longitudinal series mostly lateral to the paravertebral scale rows; upper lateral surfaces (two or three rows of scales) darker brown to blackish, lower lateral surfaces grayish slate; venter whitish to ivory, occasionally more grayish on head and abdominal regions, pale spot on neck absent (BROWN & PARKER 1985). 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after its color: Latin “aenea/-us” = bronze, copper, or ore. 
References
  • 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 W C; Parker F 1985. Three new lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from southern New Guinea. Breviora (480): 1-12 - get paper here
 
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