Emoia loveridgei

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shea, G. |author-link=Glenn Michael Shea |author2=Allison, A. |author2-link=Allen Allison |author3=Tallowin, O. |author3-link=Oliver J.S. Tallowin |author4=Austin, C.C. |author4-link=species:Christopher C. Austin |date=2015 |title=Emoia loveridgei |volume=2015 |page=e.T178560A21645617 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178560A21645617.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Emoia

| species = loveridgei

| authority = W.C. Brown, 1953

| range_map = Emoia loveridgei distribution.png

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Emoia loveridgei, also known commonly as Loveridge's emo skink and Loveridges's skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.{{EponymDictionaryReptiles}}{{rp|161}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Emoia loveridgei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|2,000|m|ft}}.

Behavior

Emoia loveridgei is terrestrial.

Reproduction

Emoia loveridgei is oviparous.

References

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{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=W.C. |author1-link=species:Walter Creighton Brown |title=Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 69 A Review of New Guinea Lizards Allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae (Scincidae) |journal=American Museum Novitates |date=1953 |issue=1627 |pages=1–25}} (Emoia loveridgei, new species, pp. 10–11).
{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=W.C. |title=Lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) with observations on their ecology and biogeography |journal=Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences |date=1991 |volume=15 |pages=1-94}}
{{cite journal |last1=Mys |first1=B. |author1-link=species:Benoit Mys |title=The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species |journal=Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturellles de Belgique, Biologie |date=1988 |volume=58 |pages=127–183}}
{{cite journal |last1=Williams |first1=E.E. |author-link=Ernest Edward Williams |title=Arthur Loveridge — A Life in Retrospect |journal=Breviora |date=1982 |issue=471 |pages=1–12}}

Category:Emoia

Category:Reptiles described in 1953

Category:Reptiles of Papua New Guinea

Category:Endemic reptile species of Papua New Guinea

Category:Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown

Category:Skinks of New Guinea