Emoia paniai BROWN, 1991
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Emoia paniai
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Coastal Emo Skink |
| Synonym | Emoia paniai BROWN 1991: 19 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Irian Jaya) Type locality: Paniai, Wissel Lakes, Irian Jaya |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: RMNH 21159 |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS. Distinguished from other species of the baudini group by the following combination of scutellation and color pattern: midbody scale rows 25-26; dorsal scale rows 54-60; fourth toe lamellae 26-28; SVL at maturity about 50 mm; fourth or fifth upper labial enlarged and below eye; prominent, small and large pale blotches on side of neck and lower lateral surface. DESCRIPTION OF HOLOTYPE. Adult female; SVL 48.6 mm; midbody scale rows 26; dorsal scale rows 60; fourth toe lamellae 27. DESCRIPTION. SVL 48.8-50.4 mm for two adult females; snout tapered, bluntly rounded, its length 49-52% of HB and 33-34% of HL; HB 63-68% of HL and 13-14% of SVL; eye 67-68% of snout length and 32-35% of HB; rostral forming nearly straight suture with frontonasal; supranasals relatively large, broadest anteriorly; prefrontals widely separated; seven supraciliaries; one pair of nuchals; anterior loreal shorter and higher than posterior, in contact with second or first and second upper labials; five or six upper labials, fourth or fifth enlarged and under eye; seven lower labials; dorsal scales smooth; midbody scale rows 25-26; dorsal scale rows 54-60; preanals slightly enlarged; length of extended hindlimb 89-90% of axilla-groin distance and 45-48% of SVL; lamellae under fourth toe 26-28; lamellae under first toe 9-10. Color (in preservative). Dorsal ground color (four scale rows) tannish to light brown with irregularly edged dark brown line bordering narrow, ivory dorsolateral stripe, which begins on supraciliaries; dorsum marked by additional dark brown spots and blemishes; upper lateral surfaces (three to four scale rows) dark brown; sides of neck and lower lateral surfaces marked by numerous, large and small, pale blotches; labials with few small, dark spots; venter bluish gray with yellowish tinge. COMPARISONS. Emoia paniai is more like E. aurulenta than any other species in the E. baudini group. It differs from E. aurulenta in the higher number of paravertebral scale rows between parietals and base of tail, the much lower number of subdigital lamellae (Table 3), snout shorter relative to HB, eye smaller compared to snout length or HB (see ratios in descriptions). (Brown 1991: 19) |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. |
| Etymology | named after the type locality. |
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