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Emoia caeruleocauda
Pacific Bluetail Skink
As recorded: Emoia caeruleocauda (De Vis, 1892)
Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › Scincidae
- Collected by
- T Sutterfield & local childrenlocal children →T. Sutterfield →
- Locality
- Mahnt Village
- Island
- Pohnpei Island
- Region
- Micronesia
- Coordinates
- 6.8420, 158.2880
- Identified by
- I Ineich, BP-13397, 1989BP-13397 →I. Ineich →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Emoia caeruleocauda observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-12-20.

2023-12-20
R8VP+R7C, Nanwei, Pohnpei, Micronésie
(c) Pierre de Chabannes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-02-14
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
(c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Emoia caeruleocauda. BPBM 11317. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92980244. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/11317.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 92980244 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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