Endangered
Emoia samoensis
Emoia samoensis
Emoia samoensis is a skink in the family Scincidae, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
Skinks in the genus Emoia are generally small lizards with smooth scales that live in warm, tropical environments. Species in the E. Samoensis group can be told apart by differences in size, scale patterns, and color.
Range and habitat
This species is found in the Samoan Islands. Like other species in the genus Emoia, it lives in tropical island environments. It is found in the South Pacific, among them Samoa.
Because it is only found in a limited area, it may be at risk from environmental changes and other threats to island habitats.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
Most skinks forage in leaf litter or under cover. Burrowing species slip through sand or soil more than they climb.
In crisis
Emoia samoensis is listed as Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Emoia samoensis is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Emoia samoensis, Wikidata item Q3053140. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
