Emoia cyanura
Appearance
Emoia cyanura | |
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Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Emoia |
Species: | E. cyanura
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Binomial name | |
Emoia cyanura (Lesson, 1830)
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Emoia cyanura, the copper-tailed skink, is a species of skink. It is found in Borneo, Clipperton Island and other South Pacific islands.[1][2]
Names
[edit]It is known as kagisi in the Rennellese language of the Solomon Islands.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Emoia cyanura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2019.
- ^ Ineich, Ivan; Zug, George R. (1991-12-13). "Nomenclatural Status of Emoia cyanura (Lacertilia, Scincidae) Populations in the Central Pacific". Copeia. 1991 (4): 1132. doi:10.2307/1446114. JSTOR 1446114.
- ^ Ross, Malcolm. Concluding notes, 427-436. In Ross, Malcolm; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (eds). The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 4: Animals. 2011. Pacific Linguistics 621.