A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Scincidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Copper-tailed SkinkEmoia cyanura (Lesson, 1829) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cyclops Emo SkinkEmoia cyclops Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Digul Emo SkinkEmoia digul Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Emo SkinkEmoia erronan Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-throated Emo SkinkEmoia flavigularis Schmidt, 1932 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Allison's Emo SkinkEmoia guttata Brown & Allison, 1986 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Azure-tailed SkinkEmoia impar (Werner, 1898) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Irian Emo SkinkEmoia irianensis Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Isloated Emo SkinkEmoia isolata Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopstein's Emo SkinkEmoia jakati (Kopstein, 1926) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamur Emo SkinkEmoia jamur Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emoia kitcheneri How, Durrant, Smith & Saleh, 1998 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kloss' Emo SkinkEmoia klossi (Boulenger, 1914) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meyer's Emo SkinkEmoia kordoana (Meyer, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kuekenthal Emo SkinkEmoia kuekenthali (Boettger, 1895) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bourret's Emo SkinkEmoia laobaoensis Bourret, 1937 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shrub Whiptail-skinkEmoia longicauda (Macleay, 1877) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loveridge's EmoSkinkEmoia loveridgei Brown, 1953 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roux's Emo SkinkEmoia loyaltiensis (Roux, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Emo SkinkEmoia maculata Brown, 1954 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great Emo SkinkEmoia maxima Brown, 1953 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Emo SkinkEmoia mivarti (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emoia mokolahi Zug, Ineich, Pregill & Hamilton, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emoia mokosariniveikau Zug & Ineich, 1995 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mountain Emo SkinkEmoia montana Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Christmas Island Whiptail-skinkEmoia nativitatis (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Emo SkinkEmoia nigra (Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-bordered Emo SkinkEmoia nigromarginata (Roux, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Obscure Emo SkinkEmoia obscura (de Jong, 1927) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emoia oriva Zug, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| De Vis' Emo SkinkEmoia pallidiceps (de Vis, 1890) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coastal Emo SkinkEmoia paniai Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker's Emo SkinkEmoia parkeri Brown, Pernetta & Watling, 1980 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slender Emo SkinkEmoia physicae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Five-toed Emo SkinkEmoia physicina Brown & Parker, 1985 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kiester's Emo SkinkEmoia ponapea Kiester, 1982 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pope's Emo SkinkEmoia popei Brown, 1953 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| False Bluetail Emo SkinkEmoia pseudocyanura Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arboreal Emo SkinkEmoia pseudopallidiceps Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reimschisel's Emo SkinkEmoia reimschiisseli Tanner, 1950 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bright Emo SkinkEmoia rennellensis Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redtail Emo SkinkEmoia ruficauda Taylor, 1915 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-lipped Emo SkinkEmoia rufilabialis Mccoy & Webber, 1984 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sanford's Emo SkinkEmoia sanfordi Schmidt & Burt, 1930 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schmidt's Emo SkinkEmoia schmidti Brown, 1954 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dunn's Emo SkinkEmoia similis Dunn, 1927 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mariana skinkEmoia slevini Brown & Falanruw, 1972 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sorex Emo SkinkEmoia sorex (Boettger, 1895) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madeay's Emo SkinkEmoia submetallica (Macleay, 1877) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taurnako Emo SkinkEmoia taumakoensis Mccoy & Webber, 1984 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.