Emoia coggeri

Cogger's emo skink (Emoia coggeri) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.^[1][2]

Emoia coggeri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. coggeri
Binomial name
Emoia coggeri W.C. Brown, 1991

Etymology

The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold George "Hal" Cogger.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. coggeri is unknown.^[1]

Reproduction

E. coggeri is oviparous.^[1][2] Clutch size is two eggs.^[1]

References

1. Shea, G.; Allison, A. [in French]; Tallowin, O. (2015). "Emoia coggeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42484077A42484082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42484077A42484082.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Emoia coggeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emoia coggeri, p. 56).

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 (15): i–vi, 1–94. (Emoia coggeri, new species, p. 34).