Emoia bogerti

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Emoia bogerti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
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

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

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Emoia&species=bogerti
  5. 1 2 Brown WC (1991).

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