International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

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Case 3853: Eumeces niger Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 (currently Emoia nigra) (Reptilia, Scincidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by setting aside a lectotype designation for Gongylus (Eumeces) freycinetii Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (currently Emoia atrocostata freycinetii).

Glenn M. Shea, Robert N. Fisher, Ivan Ineich, “Case 3853: Eumeces niger Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853 (currently Emoia nigra) (Reptilia, Scincidae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage by setting aside a lectotype designation for Gongylus (Eumeces) freycinetii Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (currently Emoia atrocostata freycinetii).”, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 78, pp. , 2021.

The purpose of the present application, under Articles 74.1.1 and 81.1 of the Code, is to maintain consistent usage of the commonly used name  Emoia nigra  (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) by setting aside a lectotype designation for  Gongylus  ( Eumeces )  freycineti  Duméril & Bibron, 1839 by Wells & Wellington in 1985 in....

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