Biology:Emoia coggeri
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Emoia coggeri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Emoia |
| Species: | E. coggeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Emoia coggeri W.C. Brown, 1991
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Cogger's emo skink (Emoia coggeri) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold George "Hal" Cogger.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. coggeri is unknown.[1]
Reproduction
E. coggeri is oviparous.[1][2] Clutch size is two eggs.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Emoia coggeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ↑ 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 coggeri, p. 56).
Further reading
- 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 coggeri, new species, p. 34).
Wikidata ☰ Q3053078 entry
