Emoia campbelli

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Emoia campbelli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. campbelli
Binomial name
Emoia campbelli

Emoia campbelli, also known commonly as Campbell's skink, the montane emo skink, and the Vitilevu mountain treeskink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Viti Levu in Fiji. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, campbelli, is in honor of geologist John Campbell who collected the holotype. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. campbelli is forest, at altitudes of 700–1,000 m (2,300–3,300 ft). [1]

Behavior

E. campbelli is arboreal, living in the forest canopy, and sheltering in epiphytic myrmecophytes (ant plants). [1]

Reproduction

E. campbelli is oviparous. [2] Clutch size is two eggs, which are laid in the chambers of ant plants. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Fisher, R.; Hamilton, A.; Allison, A. [in French] (2013). "Emoia campbelli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T196600A2464706. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196600A2464706.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Emoia campbelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia campbelli, p. 46).
  4. Brown WC, Gibbons JRH (1986).

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