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title: "Azure-tailed Skink"
description: "Emoia impar — Gady. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/azure-tailed-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Azure-tailed Skink

> Emoia impar — Gady. 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.

- Scientific name: *Emoia impar*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 556
- Wikidata: [Q672009](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672009)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38563](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38563)

## Names

- en: Azure-tailed Skink
- fr: Émoia à queue verte du Pacifique

## Countries with the most observations

PF (174), FJ (41), VU (38), CK (33), NU (13), TO (13), MH (6), AS (5), FM (5), SB (4), WS (3)

## Summary

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.
It is a naturalized species in the Hawaiian Islands, most likely introduced by the Polynesians, but has been almost entirely extirpated from there, possibly as a result of the invasive big-headed ant. It disappeared from most islands by the early 20th century, persisting on the Na Pali Coast of Kauaʻi until…

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

## Photo

![Azure-tailed Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/azure-tailed-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: mtarsa · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35045998

## Machine access

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