Emoia impar, also known as the dark-bellied copper-striped skink, or the azure-tailed skink, is a species of skink that is widespread in the Pacific, especially Polynesia and Micronesia. While common throughout its range, it is threatened by habitat loss, invasive species, and sea level rise due to global warming.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Azure-tailed Skink being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Emoia caeruleocauda
- Emoia cyanura
- Plestiodon stimpsonii
- Plestiodon quadrilineatus
- Plestiodon elegans
- Tretioscincus bifasciatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Emoia
- Species
- Emoia impar
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