Emoia kitcheneri

Emoia kitcheneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. kitcheneri
Binomial name
Emoia kitcheneri

Emoia kitcheneri is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sumba Island in Indonesia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kitcheneri, is in honor of Australian mammalogist Darrell J. Kitchener.[3]

Geographic range

E. kitcheneri has only been found in eastern Sumba.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. kitcheneri is forest.[1]

Reproduction

E. kitcheneri is oviparous.[2]

Taxonomy

E. kitcheneri is a member of the "caerulocauda" subgroup of the "cyanura" species group.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Reilly S, Shea G (2021). "Emoia kitcheneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T29449A123633121.en. Accessed on 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Emoia kitcheneri 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 kitcheneri, p. 142).

Further reading

  • How, R. A.; Durrant, B.; Smith L. A.; Saleh, Najamuddin (1998). "Emoia (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Banda Arc islands of eastern Indonesia: variation in morphology and description of a new species". Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 131–139. (Emoia kitcheneri, new species, pp. 135–137).
  • Iskandar, Djoko T.; Mumpuni (2002). "The herpetological type specimens of the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense collection". Hamadryad 27 (1): 123–135. (Emoia kitcheneri, p. 129).



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