Etymology
Both the Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''bojerii'', and the common name, Bojer's skink, are in honor of Czechs, Czech naturalist Wenceslas Bojer.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Gongylomorphus bojerii'', p. 31).Description
''G. bojerii'' is about in total length, including a tail. It has five digits on each extremity.Geographic range
Bojer's skink occurs in patches of the Black River Gorges National Park and on some off-shore islands of Mauritius including Ilot Vacoas, Round Island (Mauritius), Round Island, Islets of Mauritius#Île aux Serpents, Serpent Island, Ilot Gabriel, Pigeon Rock, Île Plate, Flat Island, Gunner's Quoin, Ile aux Aigrettes, and Ile de la Passe.Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''G. bojerii'' are grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to .Behavior
''G. bojerii'' is Diurnality, diurnal and Terrestrial locomotion, terrestrial.Reproduction
The Modes of reproduction, mode of reproduction of ''G. bojerii'' is unknown.Threats
The Asian house shrew (''Suncus murinus'') has aided in the decline of ''G. bojerii''. Thanks to the efforts of the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, this invasive species of mammal was eradicated from the habitat of Bojer's skink. Also, captive breeding and reintroduction efforts at the Gerald Durrell Endemic Wildlife Sanctuary have helped to increase the population of ''G. bojerii''.References
Further reading
*George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lactertidæ, Gerrosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ''. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (''Scelotes bojeri'', p. 409). *Cheke, Anthony; Julian Pender Hume, Hume, Julian (2008). ''Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues.'' London: T & AD Poyser. 480 pp. . *Julien Desjardins, Desjardins J (1831). "''Sur trois espèces de Lézard du genre Scinque, qui habitent l'ile Maurice (Ile-de-France)''". ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris'' 22: 292–299. (''Scincus bojerii'', new species, pp. 296–298). (in French). *:fr:Allen Eddy Greer, Greer AE (1970). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Subsaharan Africa, Seychelles, and Mauritius Scin[c]ine Scin[c]id Lizards". ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University'' 140 (1): 1-24.External links