Species of lizard
Emoia schmidti, also known commonly as Schmidt's emo skink or Schmidt's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Solomon Islands.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[2][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. schmidti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[1]
Description
The holotype of E. schmidti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.9 cm (2.3 in).[4]
Reproduction
E. schmidti is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs.[5]
References
Further reading
- Adler GH, Austin CC, Dudley R (1995). "Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean". Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529–541.
- Brown WC (1954). "Notes on Several Lizards of the Genus Emoia with Descriptions of New Species from the Solomon Islands". Fieldiana Zoology 34 (25): 263–276. (Emoia schmidti, new species, pp. 270–273, Figure 45a).
- 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 schmidti, p. 73, Figure 29).
- Klein ER, Harris RB, Fisher RN, Reeder TW (2016). "Biogeographical history and coalescent species delimitation of Pacific island skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia cyanura species group)". Journal of Biogeography 43 (10): 1917–1929.