Emoia veracunda BROWN, 1953
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Emoia veracunda
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Tropical Emo Skink |
| Synonym | Emoia baudini veracunda BROWN 1953 Emoia veracunda — MYS 1988: 137 Emoia verecunda [sic] — MARX 1958 Emoia veracunda — BROWN 1991 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya Type locality: Australian New Guinea, Sepik River, Marienberg |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 65302 |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: A small Emoia that differs from the typical race primarily in generally lower number of midbody scale rows (30-32; mean, 31.1±+0.316); lower number of scale rows along the middorsal line from the parietals to the base of the tail (45-47; mean, 45.4+0.275); and the generally greater number of lamellae beneath the toes (30-36; mean, 32.6+/-0.805). See table 2 (Brown 1953: 6). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after the Latin verecundus, meaning bashful, shy or modest, presumably in allusion to the lower scale counts – the only features Brown mentioned in his original description/diagnosis). Brown subsequently mis-spelt it as veracunda in his 1991 monograph. (Glenn Shea, pers. comm., 2 Feb 2024) |
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