Emoia klossi (BOULENGER, 1914)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Kloss' Emo Skink
Synonym	Lygosoma klossi BOULENGER 1914: 259 Emoia klossi — SMITH 1937: 227 Emoia klossi — GREER 1974: 20 Emoia klossi — MYS 1988: 134 Emoia klossi — BROWN 1991
Distribution	Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea Type locality: Utakwa River area, Irian Jaya.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.2 (formerly 1913.11.1.86), Otakwa River, Dutch New Guinea, collected by the Wollaston Expedition. Designated by Brown (1991).
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Cecil Boden Kloss (1877-1949), director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore from 1923 to 1932.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1914. An annotated list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by the British Ornithologists' Union Expedition and the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Trans. Zool. Soc. London 20 (5): 247-275 - get paper here Brown W C 1991. Lizards of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) with observations on their evolution and biogeography. MEMOIRS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (No. 15) 1991: i-vi, 1-94 - get paper here Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here Mys, Benoit 1988. The zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Reptilia: Scincidae). I. The distribution of the species. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 58: 127-183 Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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