Emoia sanfordi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. sanfordi
Binomial name
Emoia sanfordi
Schmidt & Burt, 1930

Emoia sanfordi, known commonly as Sanford's emo skink and Sanford's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, sanfordi, is in honor of American ornithologist Leonard Cutler Sanford.[3]

Common names

In Vanuatu, E. sanfordi is known as a-kal in the southern Paamese language and ghala [ɣala] in the Raga language.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. sanfordi is forest, at altitudes of 0–1,500 m (0–4,921 ft).[1]

Reproduction

E. sanfordi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Harlow, P. (2013). "Emoia sanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196619A2467111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196619A2467111.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Emoia sanfordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2019.
  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 sanfordi, p. 232).
  4. ↑ Ross, Malcolm (2011). "Concluding notes". pp. 427-436. In: Ross, Malcolm; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (editors) (2011). The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 4: Animals. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics 621.

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 sanfordi, pp. 61–62, Figure 24).
  • Schmidt KP, Burt CE (1930). "Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. V. Description of Emoia sanfordi, a new lizard from islands of the Western Pacific (Scincidæ)". American Museum Novitates (436): 1–3. (Emoia sanfordi, new species).


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