false bluetail emo skink

From false + bluetail + emo skink (“skink in the genus Emoia”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɔːls ˈbluːteɪl ˌiːməʊ ˈskɪŋk/, /fɒls-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɔls ˈbluˌteɪl ˌimoʊ ˈskɪŋk/, /fɑls-/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk
• Hyphenation: false blue‧tail emo skink

false bluetail emo skink (plural false bluetail emo skinks)

1. Emoia pseudocyanura, a species of emoia or emo skink native to Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.

   Synonym: Solomons blue-tailed skink

   • 1995, Norman Frank, Erica Ramus, “Scaled Reptiles—Order Squamata”, in A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, Pottsville, Pa.: N G Publishing, →ISBN, part II (Taxonomic Order), page 185:

     E. pseudocyanura Brown, 1991 … … … False Bluetail Emo Skink

   • 2004, “Basic Table”, in M[urray] Wrobel, compiler, Elsevier’s Dictionary of Reptiles […], Amsterdam, San Diego, Calif.: Elsevier, →ISBN, paragraph 3168, page 189:

     Emoia pseudocyanura / Squamata – Scincidae / False Bluetail Emo Skink

• emoia
• emo skink

• Emoia cyanura

• Emoia pseudocyanura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Emoia pseudocyanura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies