''Emoia baudini'', also known
commonly as Baudin's emo skink, Baudin's skink, and the Great Bight cool-skink, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is native to
New Guinea
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,
Maluku
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, and
Sulawesi
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Etymology
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''baudini'', is in honour of French explorer Nicolas Baudin
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.[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Emoia baudini'', p. 19).
Common names
In addition to the above English common names, ''E. baudini'' is known as ''mas'' in the Kalam language
Kalam is a Kalam language of Papua New Guinea. It is closely related to Kobon, and shares many of the features of that language. Kalam is spoken in Middle Ramu District of Madang Province and in Mount Hagen District of Western Highlands Prov ...
of Papua New Guinea
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.[ Bulmer RNH, Menzies JI, Parker F (1975)]
"Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes"
. ''Journal of the Polynesian Society'' 84 (3): 267–308.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''E. baudini'' is forest
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Reproduction
''E. baudini'' is viviparous
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References
Further reading
* 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'' olume 5 Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. . (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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baudini
Skinks of New Guinea
Reptiles described in 1839
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron