Emoia schmidti
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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. schmidti
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| Binomial name | |
| Emoia schmidti W.C. Brown, 1954
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Emoia schmidti, also known commonly as Schmidt's emo skink or Schmidt's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Solomon Islands.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[2][3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of E. schmidti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]The holotype of E. schmidti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.9 cm (2.3 in).[4]
Reproduction
[edit]E. schmidti is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Harlow P (2013). "Emoia schmidti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196620A2467219. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196620A2467219.en. Downloaded on 3 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Emoia schmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ^ 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 schmidti, p. 236).
- ^ Brown WC (1954).
- ^ Brown WC (1991).
Further reading
[edit]- Adler GH, Austin CC, Dudley R (1995). "Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean". Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529–541.
- Brown WC (1954). "Notes on Several Lizards of the Genus Emoia with Descriptions of New Species from the Solomon Islands". Fieldiana Zoology 34 (25): 263–276. (Emoia schmidti, new species, pp. 270–273, Figure 45a).
- 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 schmidti, p. 73, Figure 29).
- Klein ER, Harris RB, Fisher RN, Reeder TW (2016). "Biogeographical history and coalescent species delimitation of Pacific island skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia cyanura species group)". Journal of Biogeography 43 (10): 1917–1929.
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