The publication date, onomatophore and onymotope of Emoia cyanura (Squamata: Scincidae) Ohler, Annemarie Lescure, Jean Massary, Jean-Christophe de Frétey, Thierry Zoosystema 2021 2021-10-05 43 25 619 625 [824,1000,1459,1485] Reptilia Scincidae Scincus Animalia Squamata 6 623 Chordata species celestinus   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  COMMENT  Duméril & Bibron (1839)mentioned the unpublished name  Scincus celestinus.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 specimensdonated from Museum of Leiden with the name  Scincus celestinusin the MNHN collections. These specimens are still in the collections and are in a rather good state of preservation.