Emoia coggeri

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Emoia coggeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. coggeri
Binomial name
Emoia coggeri
W.C. Brown, 1991

Cogger's emo skink (Emoia coggeri) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold George "Hal" Cogger. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. coggeri is unknown. [1]

Reproduction

E. coggeri is oviparous. [1] [2] Clutch size is two eggs. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Shea, G.; Allison, A. [in French]; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia coggeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T42484077A42484082. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484077A42484082.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Emoia coggeri 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 coggeri, p. 56).

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