Emoia battersbyi

Emoia battersbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. battersbyi
Binomial name
Emoia battersbyi
(Procter, 1923)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma (Emoa) battersbyi
    Procter, 1923
  • Lygosoma ahli
    T. Vogt, 1932
  • Emoia battersbyi
    — M.A. Smith, 1937

Battersby's emo skink (Emoia battersbyi) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, battersbyi, is in honour of British herpetologist James Clarence Battersby (1901–1993).[3]

The synonym, Lygosoma ahli, is in honour of German zoologist Ernst Ahl.[3]

Geographic range

E. battersbyi is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. battersbyi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).[1]

Reproduction

E. battersbyi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Allison, A. (2015). "Emoia battersbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42484001A42484010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484001A42484010.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Emoia battersbyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b 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 battersbyi, p. 19; Emoia ahli, p. 3).

Further reading

  • Procter JB (1923). "On New and Rare Reptiles and Batrachians from the Australian Region". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 1069–1077. ("Lygosoma (Emoa) battersbyi ", new species, p. 1770, Figures 3a–3c).
  • Shea GM (2016). "Emoia ahli (Vogt, 1932), a synonym of Emoia battersbyi (Procter, 1923) (Squamata: Scincidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 37 (3): 315–319.
  • Vogt T (1932). "Beitrag zur Reptilienfauna der ehemaligen Kolonie Deutsch-Neuguinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5–7: 281–294. (Lygosoma ahli, new species, p. 291). (in German).



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