Emoia slevini explained

Emoia slevini, also known commonly as the Mariana skink, Slevin's brown skink, Slevin's emo skink, and Slevin's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Mariana Islands.

Etymology

The specific name, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. slevini is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 400m (1,300feet).

Description

E. slevini is a moderately large-sized species for its genus. Adults have a snout-to-vent length of 5.8cm–8.5cmcm (02.3inches–03.3inchescm).^[2]

Reproduction

E. slevini is oviparous.

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 (13): 1–94. (Emoia slevini, pp. 15–16, Figure 8).
• Brown WC, Falanruw MVC (1972). "A new lizard of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from the Marianas Islands". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39 (9): 105–110. (Emoia slevini, new species).
• Goldberg SR (2017). "Emoia slevini (Slevin's Brown Skink) Reproduction". Herpetological Review 48 (3): 643–644.
• Greer AE (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Emoia slevini, p. 20).
• McCoid MJ, Rodda GH, Fritts TH (1995). "Distribution and Abundance of Emoia slevini (Scincidae) in the Mariana Islands". Herpetological Review 29 (2): 70, 72.

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [:fr:Walter Creighton Brown|Brown WC]