Emoia mokosariniveikau ZUG & INEICH, 1995
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Emoia mokosariniveikau
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Emoia mokosariniveikau ZUG & INEICH 1995 Emoia mokosariniveikau — ZUG 2012 |
| Distribution | Fiji Islands (Vanua Levu) Type locality: near Saivou, ca. 23 km (road) NW of Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 322473, adult female |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Emoia mokosariniveikau is a member of the samoensis group (sensu Brown 1991) and the concolor subgroup. It differs from other Fijian Emoia by: size of adult females (55 mm SVL), larger than caeruleocauda (42-50 mm), cyanura (39-53 mm), impar (40-47 mm) and parkeri (43-52 mm) and smaller than campbelli (57-64 mm), concolor (59-77 mm), nigra (88-108 mm) and trossula (75-100 mm); adult col oration (coppery brown dorsal ground color overlain by turquoise on neck and trunk and dark transverse bars on sides of trunk onto back), caeruleocauda, cyanura, impar and parkeri (light stripes on black or dark brown background), campbelli and trossula (small dark transverse bars scattered over beige to brassy background), concolor (uniform or nearly so green to olive-beige ground-color), and nigra (uniform black ground-color); number of lamellae beneath the fourth toe (48-49), caeruleocauda (33-41) and parken (31-41), cyanura and impar (57-80), and t nigra (31-39). From members of the samoensis group of Emoia, E. mokosariniveikau differs by: size of adult females (55 mm SVL), smaller than aneityumensis (≥ 75 mm), campbelli (≥68 mm), concolor (>59 mm), flaviguiaris (≥59 mm), loyaltiensis (≥60 mm), nigra (≥88 mm), samoensis (≥79 mm), sanfordi (≥68 mm) and trossula (≥75 mm); scale rows around midbody (30), aneityumensis(≥39),flavigularis(≥34)and S nigra (≥32); number of lamellae beneath fourth toe (48-49), aneityumensis (≤38), campbelli (≤42), flavigularis (≤48), murphyi (≥65), nigra (≤39), nigromarginata (≤ 48), parkeri (≤41) and sanfordi (≥ 61); see Tables 1 & 2 for summary of measurements and scalation (Zug & Ineich 1995). |
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| Etymology | Named after Fijians / Polynesians “Moko”, the widely used colloquial name for lizard, whether it is a skink or gecko, big or small. A few other names do exist. Vokai refers exclusively to the Fijian iguana (Brachylophus) and is used and recognized by all Fijians. Sari and boliti refer also to lizards, although they are of uncommon usage. Sari refers to a small green lizard (Capell, 1973) when used in combination with the Fijian moko as a suffix, and to this Fijian word, we append the Fijian ni veikau, meaning of the forest. This combination produces mokosari ni veikau or small green lizard of the forest, and is a noun in apposition. (Zug & Ineich 1995) |
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