Emoia adspersa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Emoia
Species: Emoia adspersa

Name

Emoia adspersa (Steindachner, 1870)

• Holotype: NHMW 16623, donated by F. Steindachner in 1870.
• Type locality: “Samoa-Inseln [=Samoa Islands]”.

Combinations

• Eumeces (Mabouya) adspersus Steindachner, 1870: 340 [original combination]
• Emoia adspersa — Smith, 1937: 226 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Steindachner, F. 1870. Herpetologischen Notizen (II). II. Über einige neue oder seltene Reptilien des Wiener Museums. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 62: 336–350. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gill, B.J., Rinke, D.R. & Zug, G.R. [1994] 1995. Emoia adspersa (Lacertilia: Scincidae) — confirmed in Tonga. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 31: 215–217. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Emoia adspersa. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 March 2020.
• Allison, A., Hamilton, A., Austin, C.M. & Fisher, R. 2013. IUCN: Emoia adspersa  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T178217A1527142. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178217A1527142.en

Vernacular names

English: Micronesian Skink