Emoia


Emoia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae. The genus Emoia belongs to a group of genera mainly from the southwestern Pacific-Australian region.
These small skinks are commonly known as emoias or skinks.

Species

List of 78 valid Emoia species and their respective authors, geographical ranges, and common names from the Reptile Database:
SpeciesRegionGeographical rangeCommon name
Emoia adspersa OceaniaSouth PacificSteindachner's emo skink, Micronesian skink, dark-sided emoia, dark-sided skink, dateline emoia
Emoia aenea :fr:Walter Creighton Brown|W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1985New GuineaS. New Guineabronze emo skink
Emoia aneityumensis Medway, 1974VanuatuAneityumMedway's emo skink, Anatom emo skink
Emoia arnoensis W.C. Brown & Marshall, 1953MicronesiaCarolines, Marshalls, Nauru, MicronesiaMicronesia black skink
Emoia atrocostata widespreadAsialittoral whiptail-skink, mangrove skink, littoral skink
Emoia aurulenta W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1985New GuineaSW PNGBrown's emo skink, golden forest skink
Emoia battersbyi New GuineaN. New GuineaBattersby's emo skink
Emoia baudini New Guinea, MalukuBird's Head and nearby islandsgreat bight cool-skink, Baudin's skink
Emoia beryllion Kraus, 2018Rossel IslandRossel Island
Emoia bismarckensis W.C. Brown, 1983New BritainNew Britain
Emoia boettgeri MicronesiaCarolines, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Uman District IslandsBoettger's emo skink, Micronesia forest skink
Emoia bogerti W.C. Brown, 1953New GuineaBaliem, Papua, Indonesia highlandsBogert's emo skink
Emoia brongersmai W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaSibil Valley, upper Digul drainage, Irian JayaBrongersma's emo skink, Brongersma's forest skink
Emoia caeruleocauda PacificPacificPacific bluetail skink
Emoia callisticta New GuineaSorong
Emoia campbelli W.C. Brown & J.R.H. Gibbons, 1986FijiViti Levumontane emo skink, Vitilevu Mountain treeskink
Emoia coggeri W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaSingorakai, northern Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New GuineaCogger's emo skink
Emoia concolor FijiFiji Islands, Rotuma IslandFiji green emo skink, Viti slender treeskink
Emoia cyanogaster MelanesiaPNG, Solomons, Vanuatu, AdmiraltyTeal emo skink
Emoia cyanura PacificPacificcopper-tailed skink
Emoia cyclops W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaCyclops Mountainscyclops emo skink
Emoia digul W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaSibil Valley, upper Digul drainage, Irian JayaDigul emo skink
Emoia erronan W.C. Brown, 1991VanuatuFutuna Islandcommon emo skink, Erronan treeskink
Emoia flavigularis Schmidt, 1932Solomons, Solomonsyellow-throated emo skink
Emoia guttata W.C. Brown & Allison, 1986New GuineaMorobe ProvinceAllison's emo skink
Emoia impar OceaniaSouth Pacificdark-bellied copper-striped skink, azure-tailed skink
Emoia irianensis W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaPaniai LakesIrian emo skink
Emoia isolata W.C. Brown, 1991SolomonsSolomon Islands ; Bellona Islandisloated emo skink
Emoia jakati OceaniaSouth PacificKopstein's emo skink
Emoia jamur W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaGariau area, Jamur Lake, on neck of land south of Geelvink Bay, Irian JayaJamur emo skink
Emoia kitcheneri How, Durrant, L.A. Smith & Saleh, 1998SumbaSumba
Emoia klossi New Guinea, MalukuEast Indonesia; PNGKloss's emo skink
Emoia kordoana New Guinea, MalukuEast Indonesia; PNGMeyer's emo skink
Emoia kuekenthali New Guinea, MalukuMaluku, AdmiraltiesKuekenthal's emo skink
Emoia laobaoense Bourret, 1937AsiaQuang TriBourret's emo skink, Laobao mangrove skink
Emoia lawesi OceaniaNiue, Samoa, TongaGünther's emo skink, olive small-scaled skink
Emoia longicauda widespreadEast Indonesia; PNG; Queenslandshrub whiptail-skink
Emoia loveridgei W.C. Brown, 1953New GuineaToem, Irian JayaLoveridge's emo skink
Emoia loyaltiensis Loyalty IslandsMare and Lifou islands, Loyalty IslandsRoux's emo skink, Loyalty Islands emoia
Emoia maculata W.C. Brown, 1954SolomonsUgi Island; Solomonsspotted emo skink, spotted blue-tailed skink
Emoia maxima W.C. Brown, 1953New GuineaNew Guineagreat emo skink
Emoia mivarti New Guinea, MalukuAdmiralty Islands, Waigeo and N Irian Jaya, Bismarck ArchipelagoBoulenger's emo skink, Admiralty five-striped skink
Emoia mokolahi :de:George Robert Zug|Zug, Ineich, Pregill & Hamilton, 2012TongaTonga Islands
Emoia mokosariniveikau Zug & Ineich, 1995FijiVanua LevuVanualevu slender treeskink
Emoia montana W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaPapua New Guinea mountain emo skink
Emoia nativitatis Christmas IslandsChristmas IslandsChristmas Island forest skink, Christmas Island whiptail skink
Emoia nigra MelanesiaBismarcks; Solomons; Vanuatublack emo skink
Emoia nigromarginata VanuatuVanuatublack-bordered emo skink, Vanuatu silver vineskink
Emoia obscura New GuineaNew Guineaobscure emo skink
Emoia oribata W.C. Brown, 1953New GuineaNew Guinea
Emoia oriva Zug, 2012FijiFiji Islands
Emoia pallidiceps New GuineaNew Guinea; BismarcksDe Vis's emo skink
Emoia paniai W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaPaniai, Wissel Lakes, Irian Jayacoastal emo skink
Emoia parkeri W.C. Brown, Pernetta & D. Watling, 1980FijiFiji Islands Parker's emo skink, Viti copper-headed skink
Emoia physicae New GuineaPapua New Guinea; Morobe and Gulfslender emo skink
Emoia physicina W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1985New GuineaS. New Guineafive-toed emo skink, small keel-scaled skink
Emoia ponapea Kiester, 1982MicronesiaCaroline Islands, Ponape, MicronesiaKiester's emo skink, Ponape skink
Emoia popei W.C. Brown, 1953New GuineaMarienberg; PNGPope's emo skink
Emoia pseudocyanura W.C. Brown, 1991Solomons, Solomon Islandsfalse bluetail emo skink
Emoia pseudopallidiceps W.C. Brown, 1991New GuineaS. New Guineaarboreal emo skink
Emoia reimschisseli V. Tanner, 1950MalukuMoratai Island, MoluccasReimschisel's emo skink
Emoia rennellensis W.C. Brown, 1991SolomonsSolomons bright emo skink, Rennell blue-tailed skink
Emoia ruficauda Taylor, 1915ISEAPhilippines, Indonesia redtail emo skink
Emoia rufilabialis M. McCoy & Webber, 1984Solomonsred-lipped emo skink
Emoia samoensis – Samoan skinkOceaniaWestern and American Samoa, Cook IslandSamoa skink
Emoia sanfordi Schmidt & Burt, 1930VanuatuVanuatuSanford's emo skink, Sanford's tree skink
Emoia schmidti W.C. Brown, 1954SolomonsSolomon Islands Schmidt's emo skink
Emoia similis Dunn, 1927IndonesiaLesser SundasDunn's emo skink
Emoia slevini W.C. Brown & Falanruw, 1972MicronesiaMariana IslandsSlevin's emo skink, Mariana skink
Emoia sorex MalukuMalukuSorex emo skink
Emoia submetallica New GuineaPNGMadeay's emo skink
Emoia taumakoensis M. McCoy & Webber, 1984SolomonsSantz Cruz; Taumako, Duff Islands, Solomon Islands.Taurnako emo skink
Emoia tetrataenia New GuineaNew Guineafour-striped emo skink
Emoia tongana Tonga, SamoaWestern Samoa and some northern Tongan islands Polynesia slender treeskink
Emoia tropidolepis New GuineaS. New Guineaforest emo skink
Emoia trossula W.C. Brown & J.R.H. Gibbons, 1986OceaniaFiji Islands, Rotuma Island, Cook Islands, TongaFiji barred treeskink, Gibbons's emo skink, Viti barred treeskink
Emoia tuitarere Zug, Hamilton & C. Austin, 2011OceaniaRarotonga
Emoia veracunda W.C. Brown, 1953New GuineaSepik River, Marienbergtropical emo skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Emoia.