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Emoia schmidti BROWN, 1954

IUCN Red List - Emoia schmidti - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Schmidt's Emo Skink 
SynonymEmoia schmidti BROWN 1954: 270
Emoia schmidti — GREER 1974: 20
Emoia schmidti — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 
DistributionSolomon Islands (New Georgia Island)

Type locality: New Georgia Island.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 41331 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890-1957), American herpetologist who died from a Boomslang bite (Dispholidus typus; see Davis 1957 and RESETAR & VORIS 1997 for biographical notes). 
References
  • Adler,G.H.; Austin,C.C. & Dudley,R. 1995. Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529-541 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • Brown, W. C. 1954. Notes on several lizards of the genus Emoia, with descriptions of new species from the Solomon Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology 34: 263-276 - get paper here
  • Brown, Walter C. 1953. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 69 A review of New Guinea lizards allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae (Scincidae). American Museum Novitates (1627): 1-25 - 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
  • Klein, E. R., Harris, R. B., Fisher, R. N. and Reeder, T. W. 2016. Biogeographical history and coalescent species delimitation of Pacific island skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia cyanura species group). Journal of Biogeography.doi: 10.1111/jbi.12772 - get paper here
  • McCoy, M. 2006. Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Pensoft Series Faunistica 57, 212 pp.
  • McCoy, M. 2015. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Michael McCoy, Kuranda - get paper here
 
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