Emoia cyclops

Emoia cyclops
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. cyclops
Binomial name
Emoia cyclops W.C. Brown, 1991

Emoia cyclops, also known commonly as the Cyclops emo skink and Cyclop's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, cyclops, is a reference to the type locality which is the Cyclops Mountains. ^{[2] [3]}

Geographic range

E. cyclops is found in northern Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. cyclops is forest, at altitudes of 1,100–1,200 m (3,600–3,900 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

E. cyclops is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Allison, A.; Shea, G.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia cyclops ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T42484102A42484107. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484102A42484107.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Emoia cyclops 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 cyclops, p. 63).

Further reading

• 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 cyclops, new species, p. 24).