NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black Emo Skink
Emoia nigra (Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Emoia nigra, the black emo skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found from the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, eastward through Fiji to Tonga, Samoa, Toga, Lo, Tegua, and Hiu Island.
Wikipedia contributors, Emoia nigra; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:05:46.460913+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Emoia nigra (Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853)
- Name authority
- (Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853)
- Common name
- Black Emo Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Emoia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyEugongylinae
- genusEmoia
- speciesEmoia nigra (Jacquinot & Guichenot, 1853)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Emoia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Battersby's Emo SkinkEmoia battersbyi (Procter, 1923) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great Bight Cool-skink; Baudin’s SkinkEmoia baudini (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brongersma's Emo SkinkEmoia brongersmai Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Copper-tailed SkinkEmoia cyanura (Lesson, 1829) | 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 |
| Irian Emo SkinkEmoia irianensis Brown, 1991 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kopstein's Emo SkinkEmoia jakati (Kopstein, 1926) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meyer's Emo SkinkEmoia kordoana (Meyer, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bourret's Emo SkinkEmoia laobaoensis Bourret, 1937 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loveridge's EmoSkinkEmoia loveridgei Brown, 1953 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great Emo SkinkEmoia maxima Brown, 1953 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Emoia whitneyi Burt, 1930 Burt, 1930 | synonym |
| Emoa nigrita Girard, 1857 Girard, 1857 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Emoia&species=nigra Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39HCR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.