| Emoia kitcheneri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Emoia |
| Species: | E. kitcheneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Emoia kitcheneri | |
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
Etymology
The specific name, kitcheneri, is in honor of Australian mammalogist Darrell J. Kitchener.3
Geographic range
E. kitcheneri has only been found in eastern Sumba.1
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. kitcheneri is forest.1
Reproduction
Taxonomy
E. kitcheneri is a member of the "caerulocauda" subgroup of the "cyanura" species group.2
References
References
- 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.
- 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
Further reading
- 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).