Emoia trossula
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Emoia |
| Species: | E. trossula
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| Binomial name | |
| Emoia trossula W.C. Brown & J.R.H. Gibbons, 1986
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Emoia trossula, also known
Scincidae. The species is native to archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean
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Geographic range
E. trossula is found in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. trossula is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 650 m (2,130 ft), but it has also been found in rural gardens and coconut plantations.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Emoia trossula at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
Further reading
- Adler GH, Austin CC, Dudley R (1995). "Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean". Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529–541. (Emoia trossula, p. 540).
- Brown WC, Gibbons JRH (1986). "Species of the Emoia samoensis group of lizards (Scincidae) in the Fiji Islands, with descriptions of two new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44 (4): 41–53. (Emoia trossula, new species, pp. 47–49, Figure 2).
- Clause, Adam G.; Thomas-Moko, Nunia; Rasalato, Sialisi; Fisher, Robert N. (2018). "All Is Not Lost: Herpetological ″Extinctions″ in the Fiji Islands". Pacific Science 72 (3): 321–328.
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