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:| Species | Region | Geographical range | Common name |
| Emoia adspersa | Oceania | South Pacific | Steindachner's emo skink, Micronesian skink, dark-sided emoia, dark-sided skink, dateline emoia |
| Emoia aenea :fr:Walter Creighton Brown|W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1985 | New Guinea | S. New Guinea | bronze emo skink |
| Emoia aneityumensis Medway, 1974 | Vanuatu | Aneityum | Medway's emo skink, Anatom emo skink |
| Emoia arnoensis W.C. Brown & Marshall, 1953 | Micronesia | Carolines, Marshalls, Nauru, Micronesia | Micronesia black skink |
| Emoia atrocostata | widespread | Asia | littoral whiptail-skink, mangrove skink, littoral skink |
| Emoia aurulenta W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1985 | New Guinea | SW PNG | Brown's emo skink, golden forest skink |
| Emoia battersbyi | New Guinea | N. New Guinea | Battersby's emo skink |
| Emoia baudini | New Guinea, Maluku | Bird's Head and nearby islands | great bight cool-skink, Baudin's skink |
| Emoia beryllion Kraus, 2018 | Rossel Island | Rossel Island | |
| Emoia bismarckensis W.C. Brown, 1983 | New Britain | New Britain | |
| Emoia boettgeri | Micronesia | Carolines, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Uman District Islands | Boettger's emo skink, Micronesia forest skink |
| Emoia bogerti W.C. Brown, 1953 | New Guinea | Baliem, Papua, Indonesia highlands | Bogert's emo skink |
| Emoia brongersmai W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Sibil Valley, upper Digul drainage, Irian Jaya | Brongersma's emo skink, Brongersma's forest skink |
| Emoia caeruleocauda | Pacific | Pacific | Pacific bluetail skink |
| Emoia callisticta | New Guinea | Sorong | |
| Emoia campbelli W.C. Brown & J.R.H. Gibbons, 1986 | Fiji | Viti Levu | montane emo skink, Vitilevu Mountain treeskink |
| Emoia coggeri W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Singorakai, northern Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea | Cogger's emo skink |
| Emoia concolor | Fiji | Fiji Islands, Rotuma Island | Fiji green emo skink, Viti slender treeskink |
| Emoia cyanogaster | Melanesia | PNG, Solomons, Vanuatu, Admiralty | Teal emo skink |
| Emoia cyanura | Pacific | Pacific | copper-tailed skink |
| Emoia cyclops W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Cyclops Mountains | cyclops emo skink |
| Emoia digul W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Sibil Valley, upper Digul drainage, Irian Jaya | Digul emo skink |
| Emoia erronan W.C. Brown, 1991 | Vanuatu | Futuna Island | common emo skink, Erronan treeskink |
| Emoia flavigularis Schmidt, 1932 | Solomons | , Solomons | yellow-throated emo skink |
| Emoia guttata W.C. Brown & Allison, 1986 | New Guinea | Morobe Province | Allison's emo skink |
| Emoia impar | Oceania | South Pacific | dark-bellied copper-striped skink, azure-tailed skink |
| Emoia irianensis W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Paniai Lakes | Irian emo skink |
| Emoia isolata W.C. Brown, 1991 | Solomons | Solomon Islands ; Bellona Island | isloated emo skink |
| Emoia jakati | Oceania | South Pacific | Kopstein's emo skink |
| Emoia jamur W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Gariau area, Jamur Lake, on neck of land south of Geelvink Bay, Irian Jaya | Jamur emo skink |
| Emoia kitcheneri How, Durrant, L.A. Smith & Saleh, 1998 | Sumba | Sumba | |
| Emoia klossi | New Guinea, Maluku | East Indonesia; PNG | Kloss's emo skink |
| Emoia kordoana | New Guinea, Maluku | East Indonesia; PNG | Meyer's emo skink |
| Emoia kuekenthali | New Guinea, Maluku | Maluku, Admiralties | Kuekenthal's emo skink |
| Emoia laobaoense Bourret, 1937 | Asia | Quang Tri | Bourret's emo skink, Laobao mangrove skink |
| Emoia lawesi | Oceania | Niue, Samoa, Tonga | Günther's emo skink, olive small-scaled skink |
| Emoia longicauda | widespread | East Indonesia; PNG; Queensland | shrub whiptail-skink |
| Emoia loveridgei W.C. Brown, 1953 | New Guinea | Toem, Irian Jaya | Loveridge's emo skink |
| Emoia loyaltiensis | Loyalty Islands | Mare and Lifou islands, Loyalty Islands | Roux's emo skink, Loyalty Islands emoia |
| Emoia maculata W.C. Brown, 1954 | Solomons | Ugi Island; Solomons | spotted emo skink, spotted blue-tailed skink |
| Emoia maxima W.C. Brown, 1953 | New Guinea | New Guinea | great emo skink |
| Emoia mivarti | New Guinea, Maluku | Admiralty Islands, Waigeo and N Irian Jaya, Bismarck Archipelago | Boulenger's emo skink, Admiralty five-striped skink |
| Emoia mokolahi :de:George Robert Zug|Zug, Ineich, Pregill & Hamilton, 2012 | Tonga | Tonga Islands | |
| Emoia mokosariniveikau Zug & Ineich, 1995 | Fiji | Vanua Levu | Vanualevu slender treeskink |
| Emoia montana W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | mountain emo skink |
| Emoia nativitatis | Christmas Islands | Christmas Islands | Christmas Island forest skink, Christmas Island whiptail skink |
| Emoia nigra | Melanesia | Bismarcks; Solomons; Vanuatu | black emo skink |
| Emoia nigromarginata | Vanuatu | Vanuatu | black-bordered emo skink, Vanuatu silver vineskink |
| Emoia obscura | New Guinea | New Guinea | obscure emo skink |
| Emoia oribata W.C. Brown, 1953 | New Guinea | New Guinea | |
| Emoia oriva Zug, 2012 | Fiji | Fiji Islands | |
| Emoia pallidiceps | New Guinea | New Guinea; Bismarcks | De Vis's emo skink |
| Emoia paniai W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | Paniai, Wissel Lakes, Irian Jaya | coastal emo skink |
| Emoia parkeri W.C. Brown, Pernetta & D. Watling, 1980 | Fiji | Fiji Islands | Parker's emo skink, Viti copper-headed skink |
| Emoia physicae | New Guinea | Papua New Guinea; Morobe and Gulf | slender emo skink |
| Emoia physicina W.C. Brown & F. Parker, 1985 | New Guinea | S. New Guinea | five-toed emo skink, small keel-scaled skink |
| Emoia ponapea Kiester, 1982 | Micronesia | Caroline Islands, Ponape, Micronesia | Kiester's emo skink, Ponape skink |
| Emoia popei W.C. Brown, 1953 | New Guinea | Marienberg; PNG | Pope's emo skink |
| Emoia pseudocyanura W.C. Brown, 1991 | Solomons | , Solomon Islands | false bluetail emo skink |
| Emoia pseudopallidiceps W.C. Brown, 1991 | New Guinea | S. New Guinea | arboreal emo skink |
| Emoia reimschisseli V. Tanner, 1950 | Maluku | Moratai Island, Moluccas | Reimschisel's emo skink |
| Emoia rennellensis W.C. Brown, 1991 | Solomons | Solomons | bright emo skink, Rennell blue-tailed skink |
| Emoia ruficauda Taylor, 1915 | ISEA | Philippines, Indonesia | redtail emo skink |
| Emoia rufilabialis M. McCoy & Webber, 1984 | Solomons | red-lipped emo skink | |
| Emoia samoensis – Samoan skink | Oceania | Western and American Samoa, Cook Island | Samoa skink |
| Emoia sanfordi Schmidt & Burt, 1930 | Vanuatu | Vanuatu | Sanford's emo skink, Sanford's tree skink |
| Emoia schmidti W.C. Brown, 1954 | Solomons | Solomon Islands | Schmidt's emo skink |
| Emoia similis Dunn, 1927 | Indonesia | Lesser Sundas | Dunn's emo skink |
| Emoia slevini W.C. Brown & Falanruw, 1972 | Micronesia | Mariana Islands | Slevin's emo skink, Mariana skink |
| Emoia sorex | Maluku | Maluku | Sorex emo skink |
| Emoia submetallica | New Guinea | PNG | Madeay's emo skink |
| Emoia taumakoensis M. McCoy & Webber, 1984 | Solomons | Santz Cruz; Taumako, Duff Islands, Solomon Islands. | Taurnako emo skink |
| Emoia tetrataenia | New Guinea | New Guinea | four-striped emo skink |
| Emoia tongana | Tonga, Samoa | Western Samoa and some northern Tongan islands | Polynesia slender treeskink |
| Emoia tropidolepis | New Guinea | S. New Guinea | forest emo skink |
| Emoia trossula W.C. Brown & J.R.H. Gibbons, 1986 | Oceania | Fiji Islands, Rotuma Island, Cook Islands, Tonga | Fiji barred treeskink, Gibbons's emo skink, Viti barred treeskink |
| Emoia tuitarere Zug, Hamilton & C. Austin, 2011 | Oceania | Rarotonga | |
| Emoia veracunda W.C. Brown, 1953 | New Guinea | Sepik River, Marienberg | tropical emo skink |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Emoia.