Emoia baudini

Emoia baudini
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. baudini
Binomial name
	Emoia baudini; (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms
	Gongylus (Eumeces) baudinii ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839; Mabouya baudinii ; — Gray, 1845; Lygosoma baudinii ; — Boulenger, 1887; Emoia baudinii ; — Barbour, 1912; Emoia baudini ; — M.A. Smith, 1937;

Emoia baudini, also known commonly as Baudin's emo skink, Baudin's skink, and the Great Bight cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Guinea, Maluku, and Sulawesi.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, baudini, is in honour of French explorer Nicolas Baudin.^[3]

In addition to the above English common names, E. baudini is known as mas in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.^[4]

The preferred natural habitat of E. baudini is forest.^[1]

E. baudini is viviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia baudini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42484018A42484030. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484018A42484030.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Emoia baudini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.
^ 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 baudini, p. 19).
^ Bulmer RNH, Menzies JI, Parker F (1975). "Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes" Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84 (3): 267–308.

Barbour T (1912). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the East Indian Islands". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 44 (1): 1–203 + Plates 1–8. (Emoia baudinii, p. 94).
Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidae ...London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma baudinii, new combination, pp. 296–297).
Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. {Gongylus (Eumeces) baudinii, new species, pp. 653–654}. (in French).
Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Mabouya baudinii, new combination, p. 95).

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