Emoia adspersa (STEINDACHNER, 1870)
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Emoia adspersa
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Steindachner's Emo Skink |
| Synonym | Eumeces (Mabuya) adspersus STEINDACHNER 1870: 430 Euprepes (Mabuia) parvisquameus PETERS 1874: 160 Mabouia parvisquamis — MÜLLER 1880 Eumeces microlepis FISCHER 1886: 58 (fide BROWN 1991) Emoia adspersa — SMITH 1937: 226 Emoia adspersa — GREER 1974: 20 Emoia adspersa — AUSTIN & ZUG 1999 Emoia adspersa — RICHMOND et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Western Samoa, a few small islands from Tuvalu to Tokelau (endemic), Tonga, Fiji (fide SMITH 1937), Cook Islands, Wallis-Futuna, Ellice Type locality: Samoa |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMW 16623 Holotype: lost (was: MTD (= MTKD)) [Eumeces microlepis FISCHER 1886] |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: SVL 63.0-81.0 mm for 24 females and 64.0-85.0 mm for 22 males; snout bluntly rounded, its length 37-44% of HL and 53-64% of HB; HB 64-75% of HL and 13-1 7% of SVL; eye 70-78% of snout length and 37-45% of HB; rostral truncate dorsally, in broad contact with frontonasal; supranasals triangular, not in contact with anterior loreal; prefrontals separated; interparietal moderately large, longer than broad; one pair of nuchals; anterior loreal shorter and higher than posterior; seven or eight upper labials, usually sixth enlarged and below eye; six or seven lower labials; dorsal scales smooth; midbody scale rows 50-60 (x̅ = 54.8; SD = 2.45; n = 26); dorsal rows 93-114(x̅ = 102.8; SD = 4.708; n = 25); length of extended hindlimb 76-92% of axilla-groin distance and 36-45% of SVL; rounded lamellae under fourth toe 23-3 1(x̅ = 27.4; SD = 1.414; n = 25). (Brown 1991) COLOR (in preservative). Dorsal ground color olive-green to olive-brown, usually with scattered dark blotches covering one to three scales; dark brown to blackish band present on upper lateral surface, from four to 10 scales in breadth, but with uneven edge between ear and forelimb, continuing as more or less solid band from forelimb to groin or broken into irregular series of dark blotches (Fig. 2a), dark band often bordered dorsally by series of light (bluish white or grayish) faint or sharp dashes, one or two scales in breadth and two to four or five scales in length; dorsal surface of tail and limbs have scattered dark spots; lower lateral surfaces and undersurface of head and throat bluish gray; venter dirty ivory diffused with bluish gray. (Brown 1991) COMPARISONS. As pointed out by Schwaner and Brown (1984), the two species (adspersa and lawesi) differ primarily in features of the color pattern, SVL, size of eye (see ratios in descriptions), and means for number of subdigital lamellae (t = 7.492; df = 71; P = <0.001). (Brown 1991) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Richmond et al. 2021: Fig. 2. |
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