Emoia samoensis

Emoia samoensis

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 samoensis

Name

• Emoia samoensis (Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851)

Lectotype: MNHN-RA-0.7070, collected by M.M. Hombron and Jacquinot. [designated by Brown & Gibbons (1986: 44)]

Type locality: “Samoa”.

Combinations

• Gongylus (Eumeces) samoensis Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851: 157 [original combination]
• Lygosoma samoense — Boulenger, 1897: 307 [subsequent combination]
• Emoia samoensis — Smith, 1937: 227 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret: Paris. iv + 224 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Emoia samoensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 July 2018.
• Fisher, R., Hamilton, A., Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2013. IUCN: Emoia samoensis  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196618A2467000. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196618A2467000.en

Vernacular names

English: Samoa Skink