Emoia baudini

Emoia baudini, also known commonly as Baudin's emo skink, Baudin's skink, and the Great Bight cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Guinea, Maluku, and Sulawesi.[1][2]

Emoia baudini

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. baudini
Binomial name
Emoia baudini
Synonyms[2]
  • Gongylus (Eumeces) baudinii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Mabouya baudinii
    — Gray, 1845
  • Lygosoma baudinii
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Emoia baudinii
    — Barbour, 1912
  • Emoia baudini
    — M.A. Smith, 1937

Etymology

The specific name, baudini, is in honour of French explorer Nicolas Baudin.[3]

Foreign language common names

In addition to the above English common names, E. baudini is known as mas in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. baudini is forest.[1]

Reproduction

E. baudini is viviparous.[2]

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References
  1. Shea G, Allison A, Tallowin O (2015). "Emoia baudini ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T42484018A42484030. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484018A42484030.en. Downloaded on 24 February 2020.
  2. Emoia baudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia baudini, p. 19).
  4. Bulmer RNH, Menzies JI, Parker F (1975). "Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes". Journal of the Polynesian Society 84 (3): 267–308.

Further reading
  • Barbour T (1912). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the East Indian Islands". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 44 (1): 1–203 + Plates 1–8. (Emoia baudinii, p. 94).
  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidae ...London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma baudinii, new combination, pp. 296–297).
  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. {Gongylus (Eumeces) baudinii, new species, pp. 653–654}. (in French).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Mabouya baudinii, new combination, p. 95).



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