Emoia tetrataenia (BOULENGER, 1895)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Four-striped Emo Skink |
Synonym | Lygosoma tetrataenia BOULENGER 1895: 30 Emoia tetrataenia — SMITH 1937: 227 Emoia tetrataenia — GREER 1974 Emoia tetrataenia — BROWN 1991: 51 |
Distribution | Papua New Guinea (Louisiade Group), Indonesia (Irian Jaya)
Type locality: Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.10.96 (formerly 95.4.26.36), Ferguson I., D'Entrecasteaux Group, PNG, collected A.S. Meek, designated by Brown (1991). |
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References |
- Boulenger, G. A. 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from Ferguson Island, D'Entrecasteaux group British New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 16: 28-32 - 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
- Kraus, Fred 2018. A New Species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 52 (4): 430-436 - 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
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