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title: "Pacific Bluetail Skink"
description: "Emoia caeruleocauda — Reptielen. Emoia caeruleocauda, commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink or Pacific blue-tail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pacific-bluetail-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Bluetail Skink

> Emoia caeruleocauda — Reptielen. Emoia caeruleocauda, commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink or Pacific blue-tail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Emoia caeruleocauda*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1024
- Wikidata: [Q1766806](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766806)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38573](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38573)

## Names

- en: Pacific Bluetail Skink

## Countries with the most observations

ID (439), GU (109), MP (42), PW (42), PG (41), VU (40), SB (11), FJ (7), MY (7), FM (6)

## Summary

Emoia caeruleocauda, commonly known as the Pacific bluetail skink or Pacific blue-tail skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoia_caeruleocauda

## Photo

![Pacific Bluetail Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-bluetail-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192428917

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pacific-bluetail-skink?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).