Species profile—Emoia atrocostata atrocostata (littoral whiptail-skink)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Emoia atrocostata atrocostata (littoral whiptail-skink)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Emoia atrocostata atrocostata (Lesson, 1830)
- Common name
- littoral whiptail-skink
- Type reference
- Lesson, R.P. 1830. Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus. pp. 34-65 in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). (1826¿1838) Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie 2(1) and Atlas (Reptiles 7 pls). Paris : Arthus Bertrand.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 203
- Synonym(s)
- Scincus atrocostatus
Emoia atrocostata
Mabouia irrorata
Mabouia marmorata - Alternate name(s)
- mangrove skink
littoral whip-tail skink - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Near threatened
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=203.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
