“ Scincus celestinus ”– Duméril & Bibron 1839: 654.

Status. Gymnonym, unavailable name. Identified as Emoia caeruleocauda (Brown 1991: 77), this nomen should figure in the synonymy list of Mocoa caeruleocauda De Vis, 1892, valid as Emoia caeruleocauda (De Vis, 1892) .

Reference specimens. MNHN-RA-0.2917, 2012.507-508 (formerly 2917A, 2917B).

Geographical origin. Ambon Island.

COMMENT

Duméril & Bibron (1839) mentioned the unpublished name Scincus celestinus . Later Duméril & Duméril (1851: 157) indicated that there are three specimens donated from Museum of Leiden with the name Scincus celestinus in the MNHN collections. These specimens are still in the collections and are in a rather good state of preservation.