Emoia baudini

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Emoia baudini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Eugongylidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. baudini
Binomial name
Emoia baudini
Synonyms [2]
  • Gongylus (Eumeces) baudinii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Mabouya baudinii
    Gray, 1845
  • Lygosoma baudinii
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Emoia baudinii
    Barbour, 1912
  • Emoia baudini
    M.A. Smith, 1937

Emoia baudini, also known commonly as Baudin's emo skink, Baudin's skink, and the Great Bight cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Guinea, Maluku, and Sulawesi. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, baudini, is in honour of French explorer Nicolas Baudin. [3]

Common names

In addition to the above English common names, E. baudini is known as mas in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. [4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. baudini is forest. [1]

Reproduction

E. baudini is viviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia baudini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T42484018A42484030. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484018A42484030.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Emoia baudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia baudini, p. 19).
  4. Bulmer RNH, Menzies JI, Parker F (1975). "Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes" Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine . Journal of the Polynesian Society84 (3): 267–308.

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