Emoia atrocostata

Emoia atrocostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Emoia
Species: E. atrocostata
Binomial name
Emoia atrocostata
(Lesson, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Scincus atrocostatus Lesson, 1830
  • Eumeces freycinetii Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Mocoa cumingi Gray, 1845
  • Euprepes bitaeniatus Peters, 1864
  • Mabouya jerdoniana Stoliczka, 1870
  • Eumeces singaporensis Steindachner, 1870
  • Euprepes parietalis Peters, 1871
  • Euprepes microstictus Peters, 1874
  • Mabouia marmorata Macleay, 1877
  • Mabouia irrorata Macleay, 1877
  • Eumeces serratus Fischer, 1886
  • Lygosoma sinus Smith, 1929
  • Lygosoma buergersi Vogt, 1932
  • Papuascincus buergersi (Vogt, 1932)
  • Emoia manni Brown, 1948

Emoia atrocostata, commonly known as the mangrove skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It inhabits mangroves, back-beach vegetation and rocky shorelines.[1] It is semi-aquatic and forages in tidal pools.[2][3]

Description

The species can be distinguished from the similar many-lined sun skink by the lack of keeled scales on the dorsal surface of the Mangrove Skink. Its colour is grey or brown-grey, flecked with black. There is a faint black band along each side. The throat is often bluish, and the belly greenish or yellow to orange.[4]

Distribution

E. atrocostata can by found on the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and in Queensland, Australia.

Notes

  1. Cox, Merel; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Nabhitabhat, Jaruji (1998). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. New Holland Publishers Ltd. ISBN 978-1853684388.
  2. Naish, Darren (10 October 2014). "Skinks skinks skinks". Tetrapod Zoology. Scientific American. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. Brown (1991). "'Lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) with observations on their evolution and biogeography". Memoirs Of The California Academy Of Sciences. 15: 1–94. ISSN 0885-4629. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2001.
  4. Grossman, Wolfgang; Manthey, Ulrich (1997). Amphibien und Reptilien Südostasiens. (in German). NTV Natur und Tier-Verlag. ISBN 978-3931587123.

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