Eremiascincus antoniorum

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Eremiascincus antoniorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species:
E. antoniorum
Binomial name
Eremiascincus antoniorum
(M.A. Smith, 1927)
Synonyms [1]
  • Lygosoma antoniorum
    M.A. Smith, 1927
  • Sphenomorphus antoniorum
    Greer, 1990
  • Glaphyromorphus antoniorum
    — Greer, 1990
  • Eremiascincus antoniorum
    Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009

Eremiascincus antoniorum is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Timor in Indonesia. [1]

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Etymology

The specific name, antoniorum, is in honor of the indigenous people of the island of Timor, who call themselves "the Antoni". [1] [2]

Reproduction

E. antoniorum is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Eremiascincus antoniorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eremiascincus antoniorum, p. 10).

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