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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Scincidae
Azure-tailed Skink
Emoia impar
(Werner, 1898)
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: 2023.09.06.10.40.49)
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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:
1898
Werner, Franz. Vorläufige Mitteilung über die von Herrn Prof. F. Dahl im Bismarck-Archipel gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier. [Preliminary information about the reptiles and batrachians collected by Prof. F. Dahl in the Bismarck Archipelago.] Zoologischer Anzeiger [ Zoological Gazette] 21():552-556
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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