Emoia cyanogaster

The teal emo skink (Emoia cyanogaster) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found throughout Oceania.[1][2]

Emoia cyanogaster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. cyanogaster
Binomial name
Emoia cyanogaster
(Lesson, 1830)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scincus cyanogaster
    Lesson, 1830
  • Eumeces carteretii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Mabuia carteretii
    — Boulenger, 1886
  • Lygosoma cyanogaster
    — Boulenger, 1895
  • Lygosoma (Keneuxia) dahlii
    F. Werner, 1898
  • Emoia cyanogaster
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Gongylus carteretii
    — Frank & Ramus, 1995
  • Emoia cyanogaster
    — G. Adler, Austin & Dudley, 1995

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. cyanogaster is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).[1]

Reproduction

E. cyanogaster is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Allison, A. [in French]; Hamilton, A.; Tallowin, O. (2013). "Emoia cyanogaster ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196602A2464966. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196602A2464966.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Emoia cyanogaster at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.

Further reading
  • Lesson R-P (1830). "Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus ". pp. 34–65. In: Deperrey LI (1830). Voyage autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Sur la Corvette de La Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 ... Zoologie, Tome Second, 1re Partie. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 471 pp. (Scincus cyanogaster, new species, pp. 47–48 + Plate III, figure 4). (in French).
  • Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Emoia cyanogaster, new combination, p. 227).



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