Biology:Emoia battersbyi
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Short description: Species of lizard
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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. battersbyi
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| Emoia battersbyi (Procter, 1923)
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Battersby's emo skink (Emoia battersbyi) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Oceania and Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, battersbyi, is in honour of British herpetologist James Clarence Battersby (1901–1993).[3]
The synonym, Lygosoma ahli, is in honour of German zoologist Ernst Ahl.[3]
Geographic range
E. battersbyi is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. battersbyi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).[1]
Reproduction
E. battersbyi is oviparous.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Allison, A. (2015). "Emoia battersbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42484001A42484010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484001A42484010.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42484001/42484010. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Emoia battersbyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 battersbyi, p. 19; Emoia ahli, p. 3).
Further reading
- Procter JB (1923). "On New and Rare Reptiles and Batrachians from the Australian Region". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 1069–1077. ("Lygosoma (Emoa) battersbyi ", new species, p. 1770, Figures 3a–3c).
- Shea GM (2016). "Emoia ahli (Vogt, 1932), a synonym of Emoia battersbyi (Procter, 1923) (Squamata: Scincidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 37 (3): 315–319.
- Vogt T (1932). "Beitrag zur Reptilienfauna der ehemaligen Kolonie Deutsch-Neuguinea". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5–7: 281–294. (Lygosoma ahli, new species, p. 291). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3053069 entry
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