Emoia bogerti | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Emoia |
Species: | E. bogerti
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Binomial name | |
Emoia bogerti
W.C. Brown, 1953
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Bogert's emo skink (Emoia bogerti) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia.
The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert. [3] (1908-1992), former curator of the Department of Herpetology of the American Museum of Natural History. [4]
E. bogerti is endemic to Western New Guinea (also known as Papua), Indonesia. [1] [2]
The preferred natural habitats of E. bogerti are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft). [1]
E. bogerti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 6 cm (2.4 in). Dorsally, it is light brown, with darker brown lines. Ventrally, it is gray. [5]
E. bogerti is oviparous. [2] Clutch size is two eggs. [5]
Emoia bogerti | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Emoia |
Species: | E. bogerti
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Binomial name | |
Emoia bogerti
W.C. Brown, 1953
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Bogert's emo skink (Emoia bogerti) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia.
The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert. [3] (1908-1992), former curator of the Department of Herpetology of the American Museum of Natural History. [4]
E. bogerti is endemic to Western New Guinea (also known as Papua), Indonesia. [1] [2]
The preferred natural habitats of E. bogerti are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft). [1]
E. bogerti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 6 cm (2.4 in). Dorsally, it is light brown, with darker brown lines. Ventrally, it is gray. [5]
E. bogerti is oviparous. [2] Clutch size is two eggs. [5]