| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Black-bordered Emo Skink |
| Synonym | Lygosoma (Emoa) nigromarginatum ROUX 1913
Lygosoma (Emoa) speiseri ROUX 1913
Lygosoma speiseri — BAKER 1928
Emoia speiseri — SMITH 1937: 226
Emoia nigromarginata — GREER 1974: 20
Emoia speiseri — GREER 1974: 20
Emoia speiseri — MEDWAY & MARSHALL 1975
Emoia nigromarginata — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995
Emoia nigromarginata — ZUG et al. 2011 |
| Distribution | Vanuatu (Santo, Pentecost, Malakula, Ambrym, Epi, Efate, and Anatom), New Hebrides (fide SMITH 1937, Ineich 2011)
Type locality: Pentecote, Vanuatu
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMBA = NHMB 6769, Whitsunday (= Pentecost) I., Vanuatu, collected by F. Speiser.
Lectotype: NHMB [speiseri] |
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| Comment | Habitat: forest species that never frequents open habitats |
| Etymology | Named after Latin nigro, black, dark, and Latin margo = border, marginatus = enclosed with a border. |
| 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
- Baker, J.R. 1928. The non-marine vertebrate fauna of the new Hebrides. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 2: 294-302 - 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
- 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
- Ineich, I. 2011. Amphibians and reptiles. In: Bouchet P., Le Guyader H. & PascaL O. (eds), The Natural History of Santo. pp. 187-236. MNhN, Paris; Ird, Marseille; PNI, Paris. 572 pp. (Patrimoines naturels; 70). - get paper here
- Kramer, Eugen 1979. Typenkatalog der Echsen im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel (BM), Stand 1978. [type catalogue] Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86 (1): 159-166 - get paper here
- Lord Medway, & Marshall, A.G. 1975. Terrestrial vertebrates of the New Hebrides: origin and distribution. Roy. Soc. of London, Philosophical Trans. (Ser. B) 272: 423-465. - get paper here
- Roux,J. 1913. Les reptiles de de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. In: Nova Caledonia, Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle Calédonie et aux Iles Loyalty. Zoologie. (vol. 1, L. 2). Sarasin, F. & Roux,J. (eds.). C.W. Kreidel’s Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 79-160 - 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
- Zug, G.R. 2012. A new species of treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis species group) from Rotuma, south-central Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(1):74-84 - get paper here
- ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
- Zug, G.R. & I. Ineich 1995. A new skink (Emoia: Lacertilia: Reptilia) from the forest of Fiji. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 108 (3): 395-400. - get paper here
- ZUG, GEORGE R.; ALISON M. HAMILTON & CHRISTOPHER C. AUSTIN 2011. A new Emoia samoensis group lizard (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Cook Islands, South-central Pacific. Zootaxa 2765: 47–57 - get paper here
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