The Micronesia black skink (''Emoia arnoensis'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in

Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: Maritime Southeast Asia to the west, Poly ...

, likely limited within the

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The territory consists of 29 c ...

Nauru Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba (part of ...

, and

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. There is debate on whether the Nauru population is a subspecies, due to its larger amount of middorsal scales.

Habitat

''E. arnoensis'' is strongly terrestrial, typically in thickly weeded or vine covered open habitats.

References

Emoia Reptiles described in 1953 Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown Taxa named by Joe T. Marshall {{Eugongylinae-stub