1900 monograph of three Christmas Island reptiles, with the forest skink in the centre
Conservation status
Extinct (2017) (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Scincidae
Genus:
Emoia
Species:
†E. nativitatis
Binomial name
†Emoia nativitatis
(Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
Lygosoma nativitatis Boulenger, 1887[1]
The Christmas Island forest skink (Emoia nativitatis), also known as the Christmas Island whiptail skink, is an extinct species of skink formerly endemic to Australia's Christmas Island.[2] As of 2017, it is listed as extinct on the IUCN Red List.[1] The last known forest skink, a captive individual named Gump, died on 31 May 2014.[3]
^ abcCogger, H; Woinarski, J (2017). "Emoia nativitatis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178595A101749951.en.
^Emoia nativitatis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2016.
^Woinarski, John; Driscoll, Don; Cogger, Hal (8 August 2014). "Vale 'Gump', the last known Christmas Island Forest Skink". The Conversation. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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