| Emoia cyclops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Emoia |
| Species: | E. cyclops
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| Binomial name | |
| Emoia cyclops W.C. Brown, 1991
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Emoia cyclops, also known commonly as the Cyclops emo skink and Cyclop's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.12
Etymology
The specific name, cyclops, is a reference to the type locality which is the Cyclops Mountains.23
Geographic range
E. cyclops is found in northern Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea.1
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of E. cyclops is forest, at altitudes of 1,100–1,200 m (3,600–3,900 ft).1
Reproduction
References
References
- Allison, A.; Shea, G.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia cyclops ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T42484102A42484107. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484102A42484107.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Emoia cyclops at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
- 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 cyclops, p. 63).
Further reading
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 cyclops, new species, p. 24).