Emoia pallidiceps

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Emoia

| species = pallidiceps

| authority = (De Vis, 1890)

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Emoia pallidiceps, De Vis's emo skink, is a species of skink. It is found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Names

It is known as mas in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea, a name also applied to Emoia baudini.Bulmer RNH, Menzies JI, Parker F (1975). [http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_84_1975/Volume_84%2C_No._3/Kalam_classification_of_reptiles_and_fishes%2C_by_R._N._H._Bulmer%2C_J._I._Menzies_and_F._Parker%2C_p_267-308/p1 "Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201112852/http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document/Volume_84_1975/Volume_84%2C_No._3/Kalam_classification_of_reptiles_and_fishes%2C_by_R._N._H._Bulmer%2C_J._I._Menzies_and_F._Parker%2C_p_267-308/p1 |date=2020-12-01 }}. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84 (3): 267–308.

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pallidiceps

Category:Skinks of New Guinea

Category:Reptiles described in 1890

Category:Taxa named by Charles Walter De Vis