You are here » home › advanced search › Emoia longicauda

Emoia longicauda (MACLEAY, 1877)

iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Emoia longicauda?

Add your own observation of
Emoia longicauda »

Find more photos by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Shrub Whiptail-skink 
SynonymEuprepis longicaudis MACLEAY 1877: 68
Euprepes simillimus MACLEAY 1877: 69
Euprepis [sic] simillimus MACLEAY 1877 (fide COGGER 1983)
Emoia cuneiceps DE VIS 1890: 498
Emoa [sic] cuneiceps DE VIS 1890 (fide COGGER 1983)
Lygosoma cyanogaster keiensis STERNFELD 1918: 405
Lygosoma cyanogaster aruensis STERNFELD 1918: 405
Emoia cunieceps [sic] — SMITH 1937: 227
Emoia keiensis — MITTLEMAN 1952: 25
Emoia cyanogaster longicauda — BROWN 1954
Emoia cuneiceps — GREER 1974: 20
Emoia longicauda — COGGER 1983: 162
Emoia longicauda — MYS 1988: 135
Emoia longicauda — BROWN 1991: 48
Emoia longicauda — COGGER 2000: 477
Emoia longicauda — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 213
Emoia longicauda — COUPER et al. 2006: 380 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya (Indonesia), Bismarck Archipelago

Type locality: Darnley Is., Torres Strait, Qld., designated by Ingram (1979).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: AMS (AM) R31859 (formerly MAMU R978 (part), MR340), Darnley Island, Torres Strait, Qld. Designated by Ingram (1979).
Lectotype: AM R31855, from Mawatta, Binaturi River (as Katow), Papua New Guinea; designated by Ingram (1979) [Euprepes simillimus].
Syntypes: QM (not found), from St. Joseph River, Papua New Guinea [Emoia cuneiceps].
Holotypes of aruensis and keiensis in SMF 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: after COGGER 1983 and MYS 1988. Boulenger placed E. longicauda in the synonymy of E. nigra (Boulenger 1887: 297) from where it was revalidated by Brown 1954: 264.

Distribution:Brown (1954) restricted E. c. cyanogaster (Lesson, 1826) to the Solomon Islands, and recognised E. c. longicauda (Macleay, 1877) for populations in New Guinea. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin longus (long) plus cauda (tail), referring to the long tail of the species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
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
  • Brown, W. C. 1954. Notes on several lizards of the genus Emoia, with descriptions of new species from the Solomon Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology 34: 263-276 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384
  • De Vis, C. W. 1890. Reptiles from New Guinea. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales (2) 5: 497-500 - get paper here
  • Goldberg, S.R. & Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in five species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 44 (1): 54-58 - get paper here
  • Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here
  • How, R. A., B. Durrant; L. A. Smith and Najamuddin Saleh, 1998. Emoia (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Banda Arc islands of eastern Indonesia: variation in morphology and description of a new species. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 19: 131-139 - get paper here
  • Ingram G J 1979. Two new species of skinks, genus Ctenotus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Scincidae), from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 279-282 - get paper here
  • Kraus, Fred 2018. A New Species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 52 (4): 430-436 - get paper here
  • Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 2: 60-69; 97-104 - get paper here
  • Mys, Benoit 1988. The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 58: 127-183
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Sternfeld, R. 1918. Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der pazifischen Inselwelt. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 36: 375-436 [missing from BHL in 2023]
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator