Kuekenthal's emo skink (Emoia kuekenthali) is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia and the Admiralty Islands. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology The specific name, kuekenthali, is in honor of German zoologist Wilhelm "Willy" Georg Kükenthal.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Emoia kuekenthali, p. 147).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of E. kuekenthali is forest.
Reproduction E. kuekenthali is oviparous.
Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Emoia kuekenthali kuekenthali Emoia kuekenthali notomoluccense
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Emoia.
References
Further reading Boettger O (1895). "Liste der Reptilien und Batrachier der Insel Halmaheira nach den Sammlungen Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal's ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 116–121, 129–138. (Lygosoma kuekenthali, new species, pp. 117–118). (in German). Brongersma L (1931). "Eine neue Rasse von Lygosoma kuekenthali". Zoologischer Anzeiger 96: 335–336. (Lygosoma kuekenthali notomoluccense, new subspecies). (in German). Brown WC (1991). "Lizards of the Genus Emoia (Scincidae) with Observations on Their Evolution and Biogeography". Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 15: vi + 1–94. (Emoia kuekenthali, p. 244). Smith MA (1937). "A Review of the Genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its Allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. ("Emoia kukenthali [sic]", new combination, p. 227).