Kuekenthal's emo skink (Emoia kuekenthali) is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia and the Admiralty Islands. There are two recognized subspecies.[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. kuekenthali
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| Binomial name | |
| Emoia kuekenthali (Boettger, 1895)
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Etymology
editThe specfic name, kuekenthali, is in honor of German zoologist Wilhelm "Willy" Georg Kükenthal.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of E. kuekenthali is forest.[1]
Reproduction
editSubspecies
editTwo subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Emoia kuekenthali kuekenthali (Boettger, 1895)
- Emoia kuekenthali notomoluccense (Brongersma, 1931)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Emoia.
References
edit- ^ a b Shea G, Allison A, Iskandar D, Stubbs A (2021). "Emoia kuekenthali ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T42484191A42484199.en. Accessed on 26 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d Emoia kuekenthali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
- ^ 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 kuekenthali, p. 147).
Further reading
edit- Boettger O (1895). "Liste der Reptilien und Batrachier der Insel Halmaheira nach den Sammlungen Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal's ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 116–121, 129–138. (Lygosoma kuekenthali, new species, pp. 117–118). (in German).
- Brongersma L (1931). "Eine neue Rasse von Lygosoma kuekenthali". Zoologischer Anzeiger 96: 335–336. (Lygosoma kuekenthali notomoluccense, new subspecies). (in German).
- Brown WC (1991). "Lizards of the Genus Emoia (Scincidae) with Observations on Their Evolution and Biogeography". Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 15: vi + 1–94. (Emoia kuekenthali, p. 244).
- Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. ("Emoia kukenthali [sic]", new combination, p. 227).