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Eremiascincus antoniorum

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Species of lizard

Eremiascincus antoniorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Eremiascincus
Species: E. antoniorum
Binomial name
Eremiascincus antoniorum
(M.A. Smith, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma antoniorum
    M.A. Smith, 1927
  • Sphenomorphus antoniorum
    Greer, 1990
  • Glaphyromorphus antoniorum
    — Greer, 1990
  • Eremiascincus antoniorum
    Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009

Eremiascincus antoniorum is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Timor in Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, antoniorum, is in honor of the indigenous people of the island of Timor, who call themselves "the Antoni".

Reproduction

E. antoniorum is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Eremiascincus antoniorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  2. 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. (Eremiascincus antoniorum, p. 10).

Further reading

  • Mecke S, Doughty P, Donnellan SC (2009). "A new species of Eremiascincus (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the Great Sandy Desert and Pilbara Coast, Westen Australia and reassignment of eight species from Glaphyromorphus to Eremiascincus ". Zootaxa 2246: 1–20. (Eremiascincus antoniorum, new combination, p. 8). (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • Mecke S, Kieckbusch M, Graf T, Beck LA, O'Shea M, Kaiser H (2016). "First captive breeding of a night skink (Scincidae: Eremiascincus) from Timor-Leste, Lesser Sunda Islands, with remarks on the reproductive biology of the genus". Salamandra 52 (2): 178–188. (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • Smith MA (1927). "Contribution to the Herpetology of the Indo-Australian Region". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1927 (1): 199–225. (Lygosoma antoniorum, new species, p. 216).


Taxon identifiers
Eremiascincus antoniorum
Glaphyromorphus antoniorum


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