Emoia kuekenthali

Emoia kuekenthali
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. kuekenthali
Binomial name
Emoia kuekenthali (Boettger, 1895)
Synonyms[2]
Lygosoma kuekenthali Boettger, 1895

Kuekenthal's emo skink (Emoia kuekenthali) is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia and the Admiralty Islands. There are two recognized subspecies.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kuekenthali, is in honor of German zoologist Wilhelm "Willy" Georg Kükenthal.[3]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

E. kuekenthali is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

• Emoia kuekenthali kuekenthali (Boettger, 1895)
• Emoia kuekenthali notomoluccense (Brongersma, 1931)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Emoia.

References

1. Shea G, Allison A, Iskandar D, Stubbs A (2021). "Emoia kuekenthali ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T42484191A42484199.en. Accessed on 26 October 2024.
2. Emoia kuekenthali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
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 kuekenthali, p. 147).

Further reading

• Boettger O (1895). "Liste der Reptilien und Batrachier der Insel Halmaheira nach den Sammlungen Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal's ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 116–121, 129–138. (Lygosoma kuekenthali, new species, pp. 117–118). (in German).
• Brongersma L (1931). "Eine neue Rasse von Lygosoma kuekenthali". Zoologischer Anzeiger 96: 335–336. (Lygosoma kuekenthali notomoluccense, new subspecies). (in German).
• Brown WC (1991). "Lizards of the Genus Emoia (Scincidae) with Observations on Their Evolution and Biogeography". Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 15: vi + 1–94. (Emoia kuekenthali, p. 244).
• Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. ("Emoia kukenthali [sic]", new combination, p. 227).