Emoia campbelli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Emoia |
Species: | E. campbelli |
Binomial name | |
Emoia campbelli W.C. Brown & Gibbons, 1986 | |
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]
The specific name, campbelli, is in honor of geologist John Campbell who collected the holotype. [3]
The preferred natural habitat of E. campbelli is forest, at altitudes of 700–1,000 m (2,300–3,300 ft). [1]
E. campbelli is arboreal, living in the forest canopy, and sheltering in epiphytic myrmecophytes (ant plants). [1]
E. campbelli is oviparous. [2] Clutch size is two eggs, which are laid in the chambers of ant plants. [4]
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