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Emoia nativitatis (BOULENGER, 1887)

IUCN Red List - Emoia nativitatis - Critically Endangered, CR
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Christmas Island Whiptail-skink, Forest skink 
SynonymLygosoma nativitatis BOULENGER 1887: 516
Lygosoma nativitatis — BOULENGER 1889: 536
Emoia nativittatis — COGGER 1983
Emoia nativittatis — COGGER 2000: 728
Emoia nativittatis — COUPER et al. 2006: 380
Emoia nativitatis — COGGER 2014: 552 
DistributionChristmas Islands (Indian Ocean, belongs to Australia)

Type locality: Christmas Is., Indian Ocean.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.10.59 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1406 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentConservation: Extinct fide Tingley et al. 2019.

Distribution: see map in Richmond et al. 2021: Fig. 2.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin nativus (inherent by birth) in reference to the type locality, Christmas Island, with Christmas being the birth of the Jesus (the nativity). (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1889. On the reptiles of Christmas Island. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1888: 534-536. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Report on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. III. Reptiles. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1887: 516-517 - 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
  • Canavan, S., Doyle, D. M., Kane, A., Nolan, G., & Healy, K. 2024. Trending extinctions: online interest in recently extinct animals. Animal Conservation
  • 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
  • Oliver PM, Blom MPK, Cogger HG, Fisher RN, Richmond JQ, Woinarski JCZ. 2018. Insular biogeographic origins and high phylogenetic distinctiveness for a recently depleted lizard fauna from Christmas Island, Australia. Biol. Lett. 14: 20170696 - get paper here
  • Richmond, J. Q., Wostl, E., Reed, R. N., & Fisher, R. N. 2021. Range eclipse leads to tenuous survival of a rare lizard species on a barrier atoll. Oryx, 1-10 - get paper here
  • Tingley, Reid; Macdonald, Stewart L; Mitchell, Nicola J; Woinarski, John C Z; Meiri, Shai; Bowles, Phil; Cox, Neil A; Shea, Glenn M; Böhm, Monika; Chanson, Janice; Tognelli, Marcelo F; Harris, Jaclyn; Walke, Claire; Harrison, Natasha; Victor, Savanna 2019. Geographic and taxonomic patterns of extinction risk in Australian squamates. Biol. Conserv. 238, 108203 - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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