Emoia campbelli

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Emoia campbelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Emoia
Species:
E. campbelli
Binomial name
Emoia campbelli

Emoia campbelli, also known

Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, campbelli, is in honor of geologist John Campbell who collected the holotype.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. campbelli is forest, at altitudes of 700–1,000 m (2,300–3,300 ft).[1]

Behavior

E. campbelli is

myrmecophytes (ant plants).[1]

Reproduction

E. campbelli is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is two eggs, which are laid in the chambers of ant plants.[4]

References

Further reading

  • Adler GH, Austin CC, Dudley R (1995). "Dispersal and speciation of skinks mong archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean". Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529–541.
  • Brown WC, Gibbons JRH (1986). "Species of the Emoia samoensis group of lizards (Scincidae) in the Fiji Islands, with descriptions of two new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 44 (4): 41–53. (Emoia campbelli, new species, pp. 49–51, figure 3).
  • Morrison, Clare (2003). A Field Guide to the Herpetofauna of Fiji. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific. 121 pp.
  • Zug GR (1991). "The lizards of Fiji: Natural history and systematics". Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 2: 1–136.