Emoia bogerti

Emoia bogerti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. bogerti
Binomial name
	Emoia bogerti; W.C. Brown, 1953
Synonyms
	Emoia submetallica bogerti ; W.C. Brown, 1953; Emoia bogerti ; — W.C. Brown, 1991;

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Emoia bogerti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
^ 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).
^ "Emoia bogerti".
^ ^a ^b Brown WC (1991).

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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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-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".

[wcb1991-5] Brown WC (1991).

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