Emoia slevini

Emoia slevini
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Endangered  (ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. slevini
Binomial name
Emoia slevini W.C. Brown & Falanruw, 1972

Emoia slevini, also known commonly as the Mariana skink, Slevin's brown skink, Slevin's emo skink, and Slevin's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Mariana Islands. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. slevini is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft). ^[1]

Description

E. slevini is a moderately large-sized species for its genus. Adults have a snout-to-vent length of 5.8–8.5 cm (2.3–3.3 in). ^[4]

Reproduction

E. slevini is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Allison, A.; Fisher, R.; Hamilton, A.; Tallowin, O. (2013). "Emoia slevini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T196621A2467313. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196621A2467313.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Emoia slevini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 14 January 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia slevini, p. 245).
4. Brown WC, Falanruw MVC (1972), p. 107.

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 (13): 1–94. (Emoia slevini, pp. 15–16, Figure 8).
• Brown WC, Falanruw MVC (1972). "A new lizard of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from the Marianas Islands". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences39 (9): 105–110. (Emoia slevini, new species).
• Goldberg SR (2017). "Emoia slevini (Slevin's Brown Skink) Reproduction". Herpetological Review48 (3): 643–644.
• Greer AE (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series22 (31): 1–67. (Emoia slevini, p. 20).
• McCoid MJ, Rodda GH, Fritts TH (1995). "Distribution and Abundance of Emoia slevini (Scincidae) in the Mariana Islands". Herpetological Review29 (2): 70, 72.