Emoia boettgeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. boettgeri
Binomial name
Emoia boettgeri
(Sternfeld, 1918)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma (Emoa) boettgeri
    Sternfeld, 1918
  • Emoia boettgeri orientalis
    W.C. Brown & Marshall, 1953
  • Emoia boettgeri
    — Greer, 1974

Emoia boettgeri, also known commonly as Boettger's emo skink, the Micronesia forest skink, and the Micronesia spotted skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Micronesia. There are no recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[3]

Geographic range

E. boettgeri is found in the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands in eastern Micronesia[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. boettgeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 780 m (2,560 ft).[1]

Behavior

E. boettgeri is terrestrial.[1]

Reproduction

E. boettgeri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Allison, A.; Austin, C.C.; Fisher, R.; Hamilton, A.; Tallowin, O. (2013). "Emoia boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T178469A1535415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178469A1535415.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Emoia boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. ↑ 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. (Emoia boettgeri, p. 30).

Further reading

  • Goldberg SR (2019). "Emoia boettgeri (Micronesia Spotted Skink). Reproduction". Herpetological Review 50 (2): 373.
  • Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Emoia boettgeri, p. 20).
  • Sternfeld R (1918). "Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der pazifischen Inselwelt ". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36: 375–436. (Lygosoma boettgeri, new species, pp. 406–407 + Plate 31, figure 4). (in German).



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