Emoia

Emoia
Rarotonga treeskink
Emoia tuitarere, Cook Islands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Emoia
Gray, 1845
Species

78, see text

Synonyms

Emoia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae.[1] The genus Emoia belongs to a group of genera mainly from the southwestern Pacific-Australian region.

These small skinks are commonly known as emoias or skinks.

  1. ^ Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Eugongylinae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 October 2019.