Emoia bogerti

Emoia bogerti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. bogerti
Binomial name
Emoia bogerti W.C. Brown, 1953
Synonyms [2]
Emoia submetallica bogerti W.C. Brown, 1953 Emoia bogerti — W.C. Brown, 1991

Emoia bogerti, Bogert's emo skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert. ^[3] (1908-1992), former curator of the Department of Herpetology of the American Museum of Natural History. ^[4]

Geographic range

E. bogerti is endemic to Western New Guinea (also known as Papua), Indonesia. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. bogerti are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft). ^[1]

Description

E. bogerti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 6 cm (2.4 in). Dorsally, it is light brown, with darker brown lines. Ventrally, it is gray. ^[5]

Reproduction

E. bogerti is oviparous. ^[2] Clutch size is two eggs. ^[5]

References

1. Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia bogerti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T42484038A42484047. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484038A42484047.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Emoia bogerti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia bogerti, p. 30).
4. "Emoia bogerti".
5. Brown WC (1991).

Further reading

• Brown WC (1953). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 69, A Review of New Guinea Lizards Allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae (Scincidae)". American Museum Novitates (1627): 1–25. (Emoia submetallica bogerti, new subspecies, pp. 18–20, Figure 6f).
• Brown WC (1991). "Lizards of the Genus Emoia (Scincidae) with Observations on Their Evolution and Biogeography". Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences (15): i–vi, 1–94. (Emoia bogerti, new status, p. 27).