Emoia schmidti explained

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]

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. schmidti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300m (1,000feet).^[1]

Description

The holotype of E. schmidti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.9cm (02.3inches).^[3]

Reproduction

E. schmidti is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.^[4]

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.

Notes and References

1. [Peter S. Harlow|Harlow P]
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Emoia schmidti, p. 236).
3. [:fr:Walter Creighton Brown|Brown WC]
4. Brown WC (1991).