Emoia cyanura

Emoia cyanura, the copper-tailed skink, is a species of skink. It is found in Borneo and South Pacific islands.[1]

Emoia cyanura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. cyanura
Binomial name
Emoia cyanura
(Lesson, 1830)

Names

It is known as kagisi in the Rennellese language of the Solomon Islands.[2]

References

  1. Emoia cyanura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2019.
  2. 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.


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