Sanford's Emo Skink articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Oceania
Distribution: Vanuatu (Banks Is. and New Hebrides), Fauro, Solomon Islands, Toga, Tegua Islands

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Emoia sanfordi, known commonly as Sanford's emo skink and Sanford's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.^[2]

The specific name, sanfordi, is in honor of American ornithologist Leonard Cutler Sanford.^[3]

In Vanuatu, E. sanfordi is known as a-kal in the southern Paamese language and ghala [ɣala] in the Raga language.^[4]

The preferred natural habitat of E. sanfordi is forest, at altitudes of 0–1,500 m (0–4,921 ft).^[1]

E. sanfordi is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Harlow, P. (2013). "Emoia sanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196619A2467111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196619A2467111.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Emoia sanfordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2019.
^ 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 sanfordi, p. 232).
^ Ross, Malcolm (2011). "Concluding notes". pp. 427-436. In: Ross, Malcolm; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (editors) (2011). The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 4: Animals. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics 621.

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Emoia sanfordi, known commonly as Sanford's emo skink and Sanford's tree skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.