Battersby's emo skink (Emoia battersbyi) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Oceania and Southeast Asia.
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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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Etymology edit
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 edit
E. battersbyi is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1][2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of E. battersbyi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Allison, A. (2015). "Emoia battersbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42484001A42484010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484001A42484010.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Emoia battersbyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ^ a b 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 edit
- 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).
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