Emoia | |
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Rarotonga treeskink Emoia tuitarere, Cook Islands | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
Genus: | Emoia Gray, 1845 |
Species | |
78, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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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.