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Emoia sanfordi

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Species of lizard

Emoia sanfordi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species: E. sanfordi
Binomial name
Emoia sanfordi
Schmidt & Burt, 1930

Emoia sanfordi, known commonly as Sanford's emo skink and Sanford's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.

Etymology

The specific name, sanfordi, is in honor of American ornithologist Leonard Cutler Sanford.

Common names

In Vanuatu, E. sanfordi is known as a-kal in the southern Paamese language and ghala in the Raga language.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. sanfordi is forest, at altitudes of 0–1,500 m (0–4,921 ft).

Reproduction

E. sanfordi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Harlow, P. (2013). "Emoia sanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196619A2467111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196619A2467111.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Emoia sanfordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia sanfordi, p. 232).
  4. Ross, Malcolm (2011). "Concluding notes". pp. 427-436. In: Ross, Malcolm; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (editors) (2011). The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 4: Animals. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics 621.

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 (15): i-vi, 1-94. (Emoia sanfordi, pp. 61–62, Figure 24).
  • Schmidt KP, Burt CE (1930). "Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. V. Description of Emoia sanfordi, a new lizard from islands of the Western Pacific (Scincidæ)". American Museum Novitates (436): 1–3. (Emoia sanfordi, new species).
Taxon identifiers
Emoia sanfordi


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