Emoia klossi explained

Emoia klossi, also known commonly as Kloss's emo skink, Kloss' emo skink, and Kloss' skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, klossi, is in honor of English zoologist Cecil Boden Kloss.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. klossi is forest, at altitudes of .

Reproduction

E. klossi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1914). "An Annotated List of the Batrachians and Reptiles collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20 (5): 247–274 + Plates XXVII–XXX. (Lygosoma klossi, new species, p. 259 + Plate XXIX, figures 3, 3a).
• Greer AE (1974). "The generic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplemetal Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Emoia klossi, p. 20).
• Mys B (1988). "The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 58: 127–183. (Emoia klossi, p. 134).
• Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia)". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Emoia klossi, new combination, p. 227).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]