Emoia kitcheneri is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sumba Island in Indonesia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Emoia |
| Species: | E. kitcheneri
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| Emoia kitcheneri | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, kitcheneri, is in honor of Australian mammalogist Darrell J. Kitchener.[3]
Geographic range
editE. kitcheneri has only been found in eastern Sumba.[1]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of E. kitcheneri is forest.[1]
Reproduction
editTaxonomy
editE. kitcheneri is a member of the "caerulocauda" subgroup of the "cyanura" species group.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Reilly S, Shea G (2021). "Emoia kitcheneri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T29449A123633121.en. Accessed on 13 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Emoia kitcheneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia kitcheneri, p. 142).
Further reading
edit- How, R. A.; Durrant, B.; Smith L. A.; Saleh, Najamuddin (1998). "Emoia (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Banda Arc islands of eastern Indonesia: variation in morphology and description of a new species". Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 131–139. (Emoia kitcheneri, new species, pp. 135–137).
- Iskandar, Djoko T.; Mumpuni (2002). "The herpetological type specimens of the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense collection". Hamadryad 27 (1): 123–135. (Emoia kitcheneri, p. 129).