Another lizard seen on our travels. This one was in Samoa 12 years ago. It is a Pacific Black Skink or Black Emo Skink (Emoia nigra). We came across it and several others in the undergrowth of the grounds of Vailima, Robert Louis Stevenson’s house, now a museum, on the island of ‘Upolu. It occurs from the Solomon Islands through Vanuatu to Tonga and Samoa.
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| Pacific Black Skink, Emoia nigra |
In the trees above was a Samoan endemic bird, the Flat-billed Kingfisher (Todiramphus recurvirostris) while a pair of White-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon lepturus) flew overhead.
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