Emoia trossula

Emoia trossula
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. trossula
Binomial name
Emoia trossula W.C. Brown & J.R.H. Gibbons, 1986

Emoia trossula, also known commonly as the Fiji barred treeskink, Gibbons's emo skink, and the Viti barred treeskink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

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

E. trossula is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Allison, A.; Hamilton, A.; Tallowin, O. (2013). "Emoia trossula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T196624A2467661. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196624A2467661.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. 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 Ecology9: 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 Sciences44 (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 Science72 (3): 321–328.