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
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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COMMENT Duméril & Bibron (1839)mentioned the unpublished name Scincus celestinus.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.