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Copper-tailed Skink
Emoia cyanura (Lesson, 1830)

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to the Pacific islands. It was established on Kaua’i, Hawai'i, but may now be extirpated there (Fisher and Ineich, 2012, Oryx 46: 187–195).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.07.03.10.12.36)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1830 Lesson, René Primevère. Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus. [Description of the new reptiles or two different ones.] Pages in Page 1-65 in M. L. I. Duperrey, Voyage Autour du Monde Execute par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de La Majeste, La Coquille, Pendant les Annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. 2. Zoologie Tome 2, Partie 1. [Voyage Around the World Executed by Order of the King, on the Corvette of La Majeste, La Coquille, During the Years 1822, 1823, 1824 and 1825. 2. Zoology Volume 2, Part 1.] Arthur Bertrand, Paris, France. pp.
2012 Fisher, Robert and Ivan Ineich. Cryptic extinction of a common Pacific lizard Emoia impar (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Oryx 46(2):187–195

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