Emoia bogerti, Bogert's emo skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Indonesia.
Etymology The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Emoia bogerti, p. 30). (1908-1992), former curator of the Department of Herpetology of the American Museum of Natural History.
Geographic range E. bogerti is endemic to Western New Guinea (also known as Papua), Indonesia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of E. bogerti are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of .
Description E. bogerti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost . Dorsally, it is light brown, with darker brown lines. Ventrally, it is gray.
Reproduction E. bogerti is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs.Brown WC (1991).
References
Further reading Brown WC (1953). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 69, A Review of New Guinea Lizards Allied to Emoia baudini and Emoia physicae (Scincidae)". American Museum Novitates (1627): 1–25. (Emoia submetallica bogerti, new subspecies, pp. 18–20, Figure 6f). 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 bogerti, new status, p. 27).