Emoia bogerti

Bogert's emo skink (Emoia bogerti) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia.

Emoia bogerti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. bogerti
Binomial name
Emoia bogerti
Synonyms[2]
  • Emoia submetallica bogerti
    W.C. Brown, 1953
  • Emoia bogerti
    — W.C. Brown, 1991

Etymology

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]

Geographic range

E. bogerti is endemic to Western New Guinea (also known as Papua), Indonesia.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of E. bogerti are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of 200–2,000 m (660–6,560 ft).[1]

Description

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]

Reproduction

E. bogerti is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs.[5]

References
  1. Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia bogerti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42484038A42484047. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484038A42484047.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Emoia bogerti 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 bogerti, p. 30).
  4. "Emoia bogerti".
  5. Brown WC (1991).

Further reading
  • Brown WC (1953). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 69, A Review of New Guinea Lizards Allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae (Scincidae)". American Museum Novitates (1627): 1–25. (Emoia submetallica bogerti, new subspecies, pp. 18–20, Figure 6f).
  • 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 bogerti, new status, p. 27).



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