Emoia caeruleocauda

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| name = Emoia caeruleocauda

| image = Emoia caeruleocauda - Manado.JPG

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shea, G. |author2=Iskandar, D. |author3=Gonzalez, J.C. |author4=Diesmos, A.C. |author5=Allison, A. |author6=Hamilton, A. |author7=Tallowin, O. |author8=McGuire, J. |author9=McCoy, M. |author10=Rodda, G. |year=2021 |title=Emoia caeruleocauda |volume=2021 |page=e.T195301A21645442 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T195301A21645442.en |access-date=15 March 2023}}

| genus = Emoia

| species = caeruleocauda

| authority = (De Vis, 1892)

| synonyms = *Mocoa caeruleocauda
De Vis, 1892

Lygosoma cyanurum werneri
T. Vogt, 1912
Lygosoma werneri triviale
Schüz, 1929
Emoia triviale — Schmidt, 1932
Lygosoma werneri — Angel, 1935
Emoia werneri — Parker, 1936
Emoia caeruleocauda
— {{interlanguage link|Allen Eddy Greer|fr|lt=Greer}}, 1974

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Emoia caeruleocauda, commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink or Pacific blue-tail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.

Geographic range

E. caeruleocauda is found widespread from eastern Indonesia (from Sulawesi to east and south) through southern Philippines and New Guinea (Western New Guinea and Papua New Guinea) and the Solomon Islands northward into the Marianas, Carolines, and Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu, and Guam. It has been reported from Borneo but the IUCN considers this doubtful.

Habitat

Emoia caeruleocauda is essentially terrestrial but it can ascend to forage in low scrub and climb a little distance up tree trunks. It is a lowland species that still can be found as high as {{convert|1500|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.

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Emoia caeruleocauda

Geographic range

Habitat

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