Emoia slevini

Emoia slevini, also known commonly as the Mariana skink, Slevin's brown skink, Slevin's emo skink, and Slevin's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Mariana Islands.[1][2]

Emoia slevini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. slevini
Binomial name
Emoia slevini
W.C. Brown & Falanruw, 1972

Etymology

The specific name, slevini, is in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. slevini is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]

Description

E. slevini is a moderately large-sized species for its genus. Adults have a snout-to-vent length of 5.8–8.5 cm (2.3–3.3 in).[4]

Reproduction

E. slevini is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Allison A, Fisher R, Hamilton A, Tallowin O (2013). "Emoia slevini ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196621A2467313. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196621A2467313.en. Downloaded on 03 March 2020.
  2. Emoia slevini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia slevini, p. 245).
  4. Brown WC, Falanruw MVC (1972), p. 107.

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 (13): 1–94. (Emoia slevini, pp. 15–16, Figure 8).
  • Brown WC, Falanruw MVC (1972). "A new lizard of the genus Emoia (Scincidae) from the Marianas Islands". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 39 (9): 105–110. (Emoia slevini, new species).
  • Goldberg SR (2017). "Emoia slevini (Slevin's Brown Skink) Reproduction". Herpetological Review 48 (3): 643–644.
  • Greer AE (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Emoia slevini, p. 20).
  • McCoid MJ, Rodda GH, Fritts TH (1995). "Distribution and Abundance of Emoia slevini (Scincidae) in the Mariana Islands". Herpetological Review 29 (2): 70, 72.



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