The publication date, onomatophore and onymotope of Emoia cyanura (Squamata: Scincidae) Author Ohler, Annemarie Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, case postale 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) annemarie.ohler@mnhn.fr Author Lescure, Jean Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, case postale 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) jean.lescure@mnhn.fr Author Massary, Jean-Christophe de UMS PatriNat (OFB-CNRS-MNHN), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, case postale 41, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) jean-christophe.de-massary@mnhn.fr Author Frétey, Thierry Association RACINE, 5 allée des Cygnes, 35750 Saint-Maugan (France) fretey.thierry@wanadoo.fr text Zoosystema 2021 2021-10-05 43 25 619 625 journal article 4008 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a25 4d579a81-06c3-4efd-a2b9-b61034f0db95 1638-9387 5573012 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BF6E459F-3F5B-4652-9D06-AFB2C983D56F Gongylus ( Eumeces ) lessonii Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 654 . Status. Alloneonym (replacement name), for Scincus cyanurus Lesson, 1830 . Onomatophore. Same as for the replaced nomen. Specimen represented in figure 2 of plate 4 in Lesson (1830a ; Fig. 1 ). Onymotope. Same as for the replaced nomen. Islands of Pacific Ocean cited in Lesson (1828 , 1831 ; Table 1 ). COMMENT Duméril & Bibron (1839: 655) clearly stated that they created a different name for the taxon as the name of Lesson is not correct in regard to the character he indicated: the coloration of the tail is variable within the species and there are other species that share that character. So Eumeces lessonii is not a poieonym (new name) but a neonym (remplacement name).