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Emoia schmidti

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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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.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.

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.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).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. schmidti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Description

The holotype of E. schmidti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|5.9|cm|in|abbr=on}}.Brown WC (1954).

Reproduction

E. schmidti is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.Brown WC (1991).

References

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Further reading

  • 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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Category:Emoia

Category:Reptiles of the Solomon Islands

Category:Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands

Category:Reptiles described in 1954

Category:Taxa named by Walter Creighton Brown