Emoia slevini BROWN & FALANRUW, 1972

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Slevin's Emo Skink, Mariana skink
Synonym	Emoia slevini BROWN & FALANRUW 1972 Emoia slevini — GREER 1974: 20 Emoia slevini — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Emoia slevini — RICHMOND et al. 2021
Distribution	Mariana Islands Type locality: Cocas Island, Manana Islands.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: USNM 192781
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1236 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: extirpated on Guam (G. Rodda, pers. comm., 13 March 2016).
Etymology	Named after Joseph Richard Slevin (1881-1957), curator of Herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences 1928-1957.
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 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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. & FALANRUW,M.V.C. 1972. A new lizard of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from the Marianas Islands. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 39 (9): 105-110 - get paper here Goldberg, S.R. 2017. Emoia slevini (Slevin’s Brown Skink) Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 643-644. - 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 McCoid M J. Rodda G H. Fritts T H. 1995. Distribution and abundance of Emoia slevini (Scincidae) in the Marianna Islands. Herpetological Review 26 (2): 70, 72 - 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 Rodda, G. H., Fritts, T. H., & Chiszar, D. 1997. The disappearance of Guam's Wildlife. BioScience 47 (9): 656-574 - 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Richard_Slevin http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/bts/impacts/herps.asp Google images

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