Emoia arnoensis BROWN & MARSHALL, 1953
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Emoia arnoensis nauru BROWN 1991 Emoia arnoensis arnoensis BROWN & MARSHALL 1953 |
Common Names | E: Emo Skink |
Synonym | Emoia arnoensis BROWN & MARSHALL 1953 Emoia arnoensis — GREER 1974: 20 Emoia arnoensis — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Emoia arnoensis arnoensis — BUDEN 2008 Emoia arnoensis — RICHMOND et al. 2021
Emoia arnoensis nauru BROWN 1991 Emoia arnoensis nauru — SHEA 1999: 32 Emoia arnoensis nauru — BUDEN 2008 |
Distribution | Pacific Ocean islands: Carolines, Marshalls, Nauru, Micronesia
Type locality: Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands
nauru: Nauru; Type locality: Nauru Island.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 132131 HOLOTYPE: AMS R109771 [nauru] |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2089 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Distribution: see map in Richmond et al. 2021: Fig. 2. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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
- 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, Walter C. & Marshall, Joe T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953 (4): 201-207 - get paper here
- Buden, D.W. 2008. The reptiles of Nauru. Pacific Science 62 (4):499 – 507 - get paper here
- Buden, Donald W. & Danko Taboroši 2016. Reptiles of the Federated States of Micronesia. Island Research and Education Initiative, 311 pp. - 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
- 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
- ZUG, G.R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 306 pp. - get paper here
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