Emoia boettgeri

Emoia boettgeri, also known commonly as Boettger's emo skink, the Micronesia forest skink, and the Micronesia spotted skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Micronesia. There are no recognized subspecies.

Emoia boettgeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. boettgeri
Binomial name
Emoia boettgeri
(Sternfeld, 1918)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma (Emoa) boettgeri
    Sternfeld, 1918
  • Emoia boettgeri orientalis
    W.C. Brown & Marshall, 1953
  • Emoia boettgeri
    — Greer, 1974

Etymology

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[3]

Geographic range

E. boettgeri is found in the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands in eastern Micronesia[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. boettgeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 780 m (2,560 ft).[1]

Behavior

E. boettgeri is terrestrial.[1]

Reproduction

E. boettgeri is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Allison, A.; Austin, C.C.; Fisher, R.; Hamilton, A.; Tallowin, O. (2013). "Emoia boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T178469A1535415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178469A1535415.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Emoia boettgeri 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 boettgeri, p. 30).

Further reading
  • Goldberg SR (2019). "Emoia boettgeri (Micronesia Spotted Skink). Reproduction". Herpetological Review 50 (2): 373.
  • Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Emoia boettgeri, p. 20).
  • Sternfeld R (1918). "Zur Tiergeographie Papuasiens und der pazifischen Inselwelt ". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36: 375–436. (Lygosoma boettgeri, new species, pp. 406–407 + Plate 31, figure 4). (in German).



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