Emoia baudini, also known commonly as Baudin's emo skink, Baudin's skink, and the Great Bight cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Guinea, Maluku, and Sulawesi.[1][2]
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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. baudini
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| Emoia baudini (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, baudini, is in honour of French explorer Nicolas Baudin.[3]
Common names
editIn addition to the above English common names, E. baudini is known as mas in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[4]
Habitat
editReproduction
editE. baudini is viviparous.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia baudini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42484018A42484030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484018A42484030.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Emoia baudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia baudini, p. 19).
- ^ Bulmer RNH, Menzies JI, Parker F (1975). "Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes" Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84 (3): 267–308.
Further reading
edit- Barbour T (1912). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the East Indian Islands". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 44 (1): 1–203 + Plates 1–8. (Emoia baudinii, p. 94).
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidae ...London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma baudinii, new combination, pp. 296–297).
- Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. {Gongylus (Eumeces) baudinii, new species, pp. 653–654}. (in French).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Mabouya baudinii, new combination, p. 95).
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