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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