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Taxonomy of the genus Emoia Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Emoia (Emo Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Emoia in general

Baker, J.R. 1947. The seasons in a tropical rainforest. Part 6. Lizards (Emoia). Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 41: 243-247.

Brown, W.C. 1953. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. 69. A review of New Guinea lizards allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae. American Museum Novitates 1627: 1-25.

Brown, W.C. 1954. Notes on several lizards of the genus Emoia. With descriptions of new species from the Solomons Islands. Fieldiana Zoology 34(25): 263-276.

Brown, W.C. 1983. A new species of Emoia Reptilia, Sauria, (Scincidae) from New Britain. Steenstrupia 8(17): 317-324.

Brown, W.C. 1991. Lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) with observations on their evolution and biogeography. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 15: 1-94.

Bruna, E.M.; Fisher, R.N.; Case, T.J. 1996. Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 263(1371): 681-688.

Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 289 pp.

Greer, A.E. 1968. Clutch size in the scincid genus Emoia. Copeia 1968: 417-418.

Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series) 31: 1-67.

Hamilton, A.M.; Zug, G.R.; Austin, C.C. 2010. Biogeographic anomaly or human introduction: a cryptogenic population of tree skink (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Cook Islands, Oceania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100(2): 318-328.

How, R.A.; Durrant, B.; Smith, L.A.; Saleh, N. 1998. Emoia (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Banda Arc islands of eastern Indonesia: variation in morphology and description of a new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(2): 131-139.

Ineich, I. 1991. Travaux entrepris sur les lézards de Polynesie francaise. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique (Monaco) 74(1439): 357-359.

Kiester, A.R. 1983. Zoogeography of the skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) of Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands. pp. 359-364. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

McCoy, M.; Webber, P. 1984. Two new species of scincid lizards from Santa Cruz and Duff Islands, Solomon Islands. Copeia 1984(3): 571-578.

Emoia adspersa

Gill, B.J.; Rinke, D.R.; Zug, G.R. 1995. Emoia adspersa (Lacertilia: Scincidae) - confirmed in Tonga. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 31: 215-217.

Schwaner, T.D.; Brown, W.C. 1984. Taxonomic status and distribution of the scincid lizards Emoia adspersa Steindachner and E. lawesii Gunther on islands of the southwestern Pacific. Herpetologica 40(2): 158-164.

Emoia aenea

Brown, W.C.; Parker, F. 1985. Three new lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from southern New Guinea. Breviora 480: 1-12.

Emoia aneityumensis

Medway, Lord 1974. A new skink (Reptilia: Scincidae: genus Emoia) from the new Hebrides with comments on the status of Emoia samoensis loyaltiensis (Roux). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 27(2): 53-57.

Emoia arnoensis

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Emoia atrocostata

Alcala, A.C.; Brown, W.C. 1967. Population ecology of the tropical scincoid lizard, Emoia atrocostata, in the Philippines. Copeia 1967: 596-604.

Brown, W.C. 1948. A new lizard of the genus Emoia from the Solomon Islands. Herpetologica 4: 159-160.

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Goldberg, S.R.; Grismer, L.L. 2017. Notizen zur Fortpflanzung des Mangrovenskinks, Emoia atrocostata (Squamata: Scincidae), auf der Malaiischen Halbinsel. Sauria (Berlin) 39(1): 54-57.

Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2010. Notes on reproduction of the Littoral Skink Emoia atrocostata (Squamata: Scincidae) from Oceania. Texas Journal of Science 62(4): 307-312.

Huang, W.S. 2011. Ecology and reproductive patterns of the Littoral Skink Emoia atrocostata on an East Asian tropical rainforest island. Zoological Studies 50(4): 506-512.

Ingram, G.J. 1979. The occurrence of lizards of the genus Emoia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 431-437.

Lesson, R.P. 1829-1831. Observations générales sur les reptiles recuellis dans le voyage de la corvette La Coquille. pp. 1-65, 465, 7 plates. In: Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autor du monde, exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de sa majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Zoologie. Vol. 2, part 1. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.

Ota, H.; Hikida, T.; Hasegawa, M. 1995. Karyotypes of two lygosomine lizards of the genus Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Malaysia and Micronesia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 2(1): 43-45.

Reed, R.N.; Rodda, G.H.; Hinkle, T.J. 2007. Geographic distribution: Emoia atrocostata (Littoral Skink). Herpetological Review 38(1): 100.

Smith, M.A. 1929. Descriptions of a new skink from Christmas Island and a new frog from Annam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 3: 294-297.

Smith, M.J.; Cogger, H.G.; Tiernan, B.; Maple, D.J.; Boland, C.; Napier, F.; Detto, T.; Smith, P. 2012. An oceanic island reptile community under threat: the decline of reptiles on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7(2): 206-218.

Sworder, G.H. 1925. Notes on Lygosoma bowringii and L. atrocostatum. Singapore Naturalist 1(5): 101.

Wiles, G.J.; Guerrero, J.P. 1996. Relative abundance of lizards and marine toads on Saipan, Mariana Islands. Pacific Science 50(3): 274-284.

Wiles, G.J.; Rodda, G.H.; Fritts, T.H.; Taisacan, E.M. 1990. Abundance and habitat use of reptiles on Rota, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 23(2): 153-166.

Emoia aurulenta

Brown, W.C.; Parker, F. 1985. Three new lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from southern New Guinea. Breviora 480: 1-12.

Emoia battersbyi

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Shea, G.M. 2016. Emoia ahli (Vogt, 1932), a synonym of Emoia battersbyi (Procter, 1923) (Squamata: Scincidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 37(3): 315–319.

Emoia baudini

Brown, W.C. 1953. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. 69. A review of New Guinea lizards allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae. American Museum Novitates 1627: 1-25.

Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Emoia beryllion

Kraus, F. 2018. A new species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 52(4): 431–437.

Emoia boettgeri

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Emoia caeruleocauda

Buden, D.W. 1996. Reptiles, birds, and mammals of Ant Atoll, eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 29(1): 21-36.

Campbell, E.W.; Yackel-Adams, A.A.; Converse, S.J.; Fritts, T.H.; Rodda, G.H. 2012. Do predators control prey species abundance? An experimental test with Brown Treesnakes on Guam. Ecology (Washington D C) 93(2): 1194-1203.

Downs, T. 1948. Amphibians and reptiles of Tinian Island. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 51(1): 112-116.

Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in five species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 44(1): 54-58.

Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2010. Reproduction in the Pacific bluetailed skink, Emoia caeruleocauda (Squamata: Scincidae) from the northern Mariana islands, Micronesia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 40(2): 115-118.

McCoid, M.J. 1995. Natural history notes: Carlia cf. fusca (NCN). Behavior. Herpetological Review 26(1): 35.

McCoid, M.J.; Henke, S.E.; Hensley, R.A.; Clark, C. 1997. Natural history notes: Emoia caeruleocauda (Pacific Blue-tailed Skink). Captive reproduction. Herpetological Review 28(4): 202.

Ota, H.; Hikida, T.; Hasegawa, M. 1995. Karyotypes of two lygosomine lizards of the genus Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Malaysia and Micronesia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 2(1): 43-45.

Porej, D. 2002. Natural history notes: Emoia caeruleocauda (Pacific Blue-tailed Skink). Behavior. Herpetological Review 33(1): 50-51.

Suryawan, A.; Yuliantoro, I.; Mayasari, A.; Christita, M. 2017. Identification of Aves, herpetofauna and arthropods in Miangas Island (Indonesia), the borderline of Wallacea ecoregion. Biodiversitas 18(4): 1528-1537

Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Vis, C.W. de 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea. 1. Vertebrata. Annals Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 1(2): 1-12.

Zug, G.R.; Ineich, I. 1997. Striped skinks in Oceania: the status of Emoia caeruleocauda in Fiji. Pacific Science 51(2): 183-188.

Emoia callisticta

Kopstein, F. 1926. Reptilien von den Molukken und den Benachbarten Inseln. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 9: 71-112.

Emoia campbelli

Brown, W.C.; Gibbons, J.R.H. 1985. Species of the Emoia samoensis group of lizards (Scincidae) in the Fiji Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(4): 41-53.

Emoia concolor

Austin, C.C.; Zug, G.R. 1999. Molecular and morphological evolution in the south-central Pacific skink Emoia tongana (Reptilia: Squamata): uniformity and human-mediated dispersal. Australian Journal of Zoology 47(5): 425-437.

Brown, W.C.; Gibbons, J.R.H. 1985. Species of the Emoia samoensis group of lizards (Scincidae) in the Fiji Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(4): 41-53.

Shea, G. 1995. A small collection of skinks and geckos from the northwestern Islands of Fiji (Yasawa and Mamanuca groups). Pacific Science 49(2): 126-133.

Emoia cyanura

Blanc, C.P.; Ineich, I. 1985. Statut taxonomique et distribution des reptiles terrestres de Polynesie francaise. Note preliminaire. Compte Rendu des Seances de la Societe de Biogeographie 61(3): 91-99.

Bruna, E.M.; Fisher, R.N.; Case, T.J. 1995. Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): further support from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1995(4): 981-983.

Bruna, E.M.; Fisher, R.N.; Case, T.J. 1996. Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 263(1371): 681-688.

Bruna, E.M.; Fisher, R.N.; Case, T.J. 1996. New evidence of habitat segregation between two cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar). Copeia 1996(4): 998-1005.

Clapp, R.B.; Sibley, F.C. 1971. The vascular flora and terrestrial vertebrates of Vostok Island, south-central Pacific. Atoll Research Bulletin 144: 1-10.

Crombie, R.I.; Steadman, D.W. 1986. The lizards of Rarotonga and Mangaia, Cook Island Group, Oceania. Pacific Science 40(1-4): 44-57.

Fisher, R.; Ineich, I. 2012. Cryptic extinction of a common Pacific lizard Emoia impar (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Oryx 46(2): 187-195.

Fitzsimons, J.; Thomas, J. 2016. Natural history notes: Emoia cyanura (Brown-tailed Copper-striped Skink). Nocturnal foraging and foraging on buildings. Herpetological Review 47(4): 669.

Fuong, H.; Keeley, K.N.; Bulut, Y.; Blumstein, D.T. 2014. Heterospecific alarm call eavesdropping in nonvocal, white-bellied copper-striped skinks, Emoia cyanura. Animal Behaviour 95: 129-135.

Gill, B.J.; Rinke, D.R. 1990. Records of reptiles from Tonga. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 27: 175-180.

Guillaume, C.P.; Ineich, I.; Boissinot, S. 1994. Allozyme evidence for specific status of the two French Polynesian skink species in the genus Emoia (Reptilia: Lacertilia). Copeia 1994(4): 1042-1047.

Ineich, I. 1987. Description d'une nouvelle espece du genre Emoia (Sauria, Scincidae) en Polynesie francaise. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 9(2): 491-494.

Ineich, I. 1990. Geographic distribution: Emoia pheonura (NCN). Herpetological Review 21(2): 40.

Ineich, I. 1997. Natural history notes: Emoia impar (Blue-tailed Pacific Copper-striped Skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 28(1): 43.

Ineich, I.; Zug, G.R. 1991. Nomenclatural status of Emoia cyanura (Lacertilia, Scincidae) populations in the central Pacific. Copeia 1991(4): 1132-1136.

Lesson, R.P. 1829-1831. Observations générales sur les reptiles recuellis dans le voyage de la corvette La Coquille. pp. 1-65, 465, 7 plates. In: Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autor du monde, exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de sa majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Zoologie. Vol. 2, part 1. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.

Marshall, J.T. 1951. Vertebrate ecology of Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scientific investigations in Micronesia. Atoll Research Bulletin 3-4: 1-38.

McCoy, M.; Webber, P. 1984. Two new species of scincid lizards from Santa Cruz and Duff Islands, Solomon Islands. Copeia 1984(3): 571-578.

Morley, C.G.; Winder, L. 2015. Vulnerability of skinks to predation by introduced Mongoose in the Fiji Islands. Pacific Science 69(3): 313-317.

Ortenburger, A.I. 1924. Some Polynesian lizards. Copeia 1924(130): 55-56.

Schnee 1901. Biologische Notizen über Lygosoma cyanurum Less., sowie Lepidodactylus lugubris D. & B. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Südseefauna. Zeitschr. Naturw. 74: 273-283.

Schwaner, T.D.; Ineich, I. 1998. Emoia cyanura and E. impar (Lacertilia, Scincidae) are partially syntopic in American Samoa. Copeia 1998(1): 247-249.

Shea, G. 1995. A small collection of skinks and geckos from the northwestern Islands of Fiji (Yasawa and Mamanuca groups). Pacific Science 49(2): 126-133.

Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Emoia flavigularis

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Emoia guttata

Brown, W.C.; Allison, A. 1986. A new lizard of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Occasional Papers Bernice P. Bishop Museum 26: 47-51.

Emoia impar

Bruna, E.M.; Fisher, R.N.; Case, T.J. 1995. Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): further support from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1995(4): 981-983.

Bruna, E.M.; Fisher, R.N.; Case, T.J. 1996. Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 263(1371): 681-688.

Bruna, E.M.; Fisher, R.N.; Case, T.J. 1996. New evidence of habitat segregation between two cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar). Copeia 1996(4): 998-1005.

Buden, D.W. 1996. Reptiles, birds, and mammals of Ant Atoll, eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 29(1): 21-36.

Fisher, R.; Ineich, I. 2012. Cryptic extinction of a common Pacific lizard Emoia impar (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Oryx 46(2): 187-195.

Guillaume, C.P.; Ineich, I.; Boissinot, S. 1994. Allozyme evidence for specific status of the two French Polynesian skink species in the genus Emoia (Reptilia: Lacertilia). Copeia 1994(4): 1042-1047.

Ineich, I. 1997. Natural history notes: Emoia impar (Blue-tailed Pacific Copper-striped Skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 28(1): 43.

Ineich, I.; Zug, G.R. 1991. Nomenclatural status of Emoia cyanura (Lacertilia, Scincidae) populations in the central Pacific. Copeia 1991(4): 1132-1136.

Lazell, J.D. 1989. Kaho'olawe: Hawaii's largest uninhabited island. Explorers Journal 67(3): 123-126.

McGowan, M.M.; Patel, P.D.; Stroh, J.D.; Blumstein, D.T. 2014. The effect of human presence and human activity on risk assessment and flight initiation distance in skinks. Ethology 120(11): 1081-1089.

Morley, C.G.; Winder, L. 2015. Vulnerability of skinks to predation by introduced Mongoose in the Fiji Islands. Pacific Science 69(3): 313-317.

Schwaner, T.D.; Ineich, I. 1998. Emoia cyanura and E. impar (Lacertilia, Scincidae) are partially syntopic in American Samoa. Copeia 1998(1): 247-249.

Shea, G. 1995. A small collection of skinks and geckos from the northwestern Islands of Fiji (Yasawa and Mamanuca groups). Pacific Science 49(2): 126-133.

Emoia jakati

Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in five species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 44(1): 54-58.

Kopstein, F. 1926. Reptilien von den Molukken und den Benachbarten Inseln. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 9: 71-112.

Emoia kitcheneri

How, R.A.; Durrant, B.; Smith, L.A.; Saleh, N. 1998. Emoia (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Banda Arc islands of eastern Indonesia: variation in morphology and description of a new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(2): 131-139.

Emoia kordoana

Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Emoia kuekenthali

Brongersma, L.D. 1931. Eine neue Rasse von Lygosoma kuekenthali Bttgr. Zoologischer Anzeiger 98(11/12): 335-336.

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Emoia laobaoense

Bourret, R. 1937. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. XII. Les lezards de la collection du laboratoire des sciences naturelles de l'université. Descriptions de cinq espèces nouvelles. Bulletin General de l'Instruction Publique (Hanoi) 16(9) (annexe): 1-23.

Emoia lawesi

Schwaner, T.D.; Brown, W.C. 1984. Taxonomic status and distribution of the scincid lizards Emoia adspersa Steindachner and E. lawesii Gunther on islands of the southwestern Pacific. Herpetologica 40(2): 158-164.

Emoia longicauda

Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in five species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 44(1): 54-58.

Ingram, G.J. 1979. The occurrence of lizards of the genus Emoia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 431-437.

Kopstein, F. 1926. Reptilien von den Molukken und den Benachbarten Inseln. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 9: 71-112.

Emoia mokolahi

Zug, G.R.; Ineich, I.; Pregill, G.; Hamilton, A.M. 2012. Lizards of Tonga with description of a new Tongan Treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis group). Pacific Science 66(2): 225-237.

Emoia mokosariniveikau

Zug, G.R.; Ineich, I. 1995. A new skink (Emoia: Lacertilia: Reptilia) from the forest of Fiji. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3): 395-400.

Emoia nativitatis

Smith, M.J.; Cogger, H.G.; Tiernan, B.; Maple, D.J.; Boland, C.; Napier, F.; Detto, T.; Smith, P. 2012. An oceanic island reptile community under threat: the decline of reptiles on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7(2): 206-218.

Emoia nigra

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Burt, C.E. 1930. Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. IV. Descriptions of new species of lizards from the Pacific Islands (Scincidæ). American Museum Novitates 324: 1-3.

Emoia nigromarginata

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Emoia obscura

Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in five species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 44(1): 54-58.

Emoia oriva

Zug, G.R. 2012. A new species of treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis species group) from Rotuma, south-central Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(1): 74-84.

Emoia pallidiceps

Goldberg, S.R.; Kraus, F. 2008. Notes on reproduction in five species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Salamandra 44(1): 54-58.

Emoia parkeri

Brown, W.C.; Pernetta, J.C.; Watling, D. 1980. A new lizard of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from the Fiji Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 93(2): 350-356.

Emoia physicae

Allison, A. 1979. Fat and breeding patterns in four species of montane New Guinea lizards (Scincidae). Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering 40(2): 626.

Brown, W.C. 1953. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. 69. A review of New Guinea lizards allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae. American Museum Novitates 1627: 1-25.

Zwickel, F.C.; Allison, A. 1986. Inter- and intra-sexual interactions in a New Guinea skink, Emoia physicae. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64(3): 752-755.

Emoia physicina

Brown, W.C.; Parker, F. 1985. Three new lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from southern New Guinea. Breviora 480: 1-12.

Emoia ponapea

Kiester, A.R. 1982. A new forest skink from Ponape. Breviora 468: 1-10.

Emoia ruficauda

Gaulke, M.; Alcala, A.C. 2009. Notes on the distributional range of the skink Emoia ruficauda (Reptilia: Scincidae) on Mindanao Island, the Philippines. Salamandra 45(1): 57-60.

Sy, E.Y.; Buday, J. 2014. Geographic distribution: Emoia ruficauda (Red-tailed Swamp Skink). Herpetological Review 45(3): 462.

Taylor, E.H. 1915. New species of Philippine lizards. Philippine Journal of Science (D) 10: 89-109.

Emoia rufilabialis

McCoy, M.; Webber, P. 1984. Two new species of scincid lizards from Santa Cruz and Duff Islands, Solomon Islands. Copeia 1984(3): 571-578.

Emoia samoensis

Brown, W.C.; Gibbons, J.R.H. 1985. Species of the Emoia samoensis group of lizards (Scincidae) in the Fiji Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(4): 41-53.

Hamilton, A.M.; Zug, G.R.; Austin, C.C. 2010. Biogeographic anomaly or human introduction: a cryptogenic population of tree skink (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Cook Islands, Oceania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100(2): 318-328.

Emoia sanfordi

Hamilton, A.M.; Eckstut, M.E.; Klein, E.R.; Austin, C.C. 2008. Clutch size in the tropical scincid lizard Emoia sanfordi, a species endemic to the Vanuatu Archipelago. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 25(8): 843-848.

Hamilton, A.M.; Klein, E.R.; Eckstut, M.E.; Hartfield, E.E. 2007. A simple, inexpensive method to capture arboreal lizards. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 2(2): 164-167.

Schmidt, K.P.; Burt, C.E. 1930. Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. V. Description of Emoia sanfordi, a new lizard from islands of the western Pacific (Scincidae). American Museum Novitates 436: 1-3.

Emoia schmidti

Brown, W.C. 1954. Notes on several lizards of the genus Emoia. With descriptions of new species from the Solomons Islands. Fieldiana Zoology 34(25): 263-276.

Emoia similis

Auffenberg, W. 1980. The herpetofauna of Komodo, with notes on adjacent areas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 25(2): 39-156.

Darevsky, I.S. 1964. New species of scincoid lizards from the islands of Lesser Sundas Archipelago (East Indonesia). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 43: 80-88.

How, R.A.; Durrant, B.; Smith, L.A.; Saleh, N. 1998. Emoia (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Banda Arc islands of eastern Indonesia: variation in morphology and description of a new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(2): 131-139.

Emoia slevini

Brown, W.C.; Falanruw, M.V.C. 1972. A new lizard of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from the Marianas Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39(9): 105-110.

Goldberg, S.R. 2017. Natural history notes: Emoia slevini (Slevin’s Brown Skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(3): 643-644.

McCoid, M.J.; Rodda, G.H.; Fritts, T.H. 1995. Distribution and abundance of Emoia slevini (Scincidae) in the Mariana Islands. Herpetological Review 26(2): 70, 72.

Emoia sorex

Bauer, A.M. 1994. On the identity of Euprepes samoensis moluccensis Peters, 1864. Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 257-258.

Brown, W.C.; Marshall, J.T. 1953. New scincoid lizards from the Marshall Islands, with notes on their distribution. Copeia 1953: 201-207.

Emoia submetallica

Allison, A. 1979. Fat and breeding patterns in four species of montane New Guinea lizards (Scincidae). Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering 40(2): 626.

Emoia taumakoensis

McCoy, M.; Webber, P. 1984. Two new species of scincid lizards from Santa Cruz and Duff Islands, Solomon Islands. Copeia 1984(3): 571-578.

Emoia tetrataenia

Kraus, F. 2018. A new species of Emoia (Squamata: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 52(4): 431–437.

Emoia tongana

Austin, C.C.; Zug, G.R. 1999. Molecular and morphological evolution in the south-central Pacific skink Emoia tongana (Reptilia: Squamata): uniformity and human-mediated dispersal. Australian Journal of Zoology 47(5): 425-437.

Burt, C.E. 1930. Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. IV. Descriptions of new species of lizards from the Pacific Islands (Scincidæ). American Museum Novitates 324: 1-3.

Gill, B.J. 1995. Notes on the land reptiles of Wallis and Futuna, south-west Pacific. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 32: 55-61.

Gill, B.J.; Rinke, D.R. 1990. Records of reptiles from Tonga. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 27: 175-180.

Zug, G.R.; Gill, B.J. 1997. Morphological variation of Emoia murphyi (Lacertilia: Scincidae) on islands of the southwest Pacific. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(2): 235-242.

Emoia tropidolepis

Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Emoia trossula

Brown, W.C.; Gibbons, J.R.H. 1985. Species of the Emoia samoensis group of lizards (Scincidae) in the Fiji Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44(4): 41-53.

Crombie, R.I.; Steadman, D.W. 1986. The lizards of Rarotonga and Mangaia, Cook Island Group, Oceania. Pacific Science 40(1-4): 44-57.

Gill, B.J. 1990. Records of wildlife from Tonga, especially Vava'u. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 27: 165-173.

Shea, G. 1995. A small collection of skinks and geckos from the northwestern Islands of Fiji (Yasawa and Mamanuca groups). Pacific Science 49(2): 126-133.

Shea, G.M.; Stone, K. 2009. An observation of copulation in the barred Tree Skink, Emoia trossula Brown & Gibbons, 1986 (Squamata: Scincidae) in Tonga. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 100-102.

Emoia tuitarere

Zug, G.R.; Hamilton, A.M.; Austin, C.C. 2011. A new Emoia samoensis group lizard (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Cook Islands, South-central Pacific. Zootaxa 2765: 47-57.