Geomyersia coggeri, Cogger's island skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Admiralty Islands.
Etymology The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Geomyersia coggeri, p. 56).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of G. coggeri is forest, but it has also been found under debris in coconut plantations.
Description G. coggeri is a small, brown lizard, with a rounded snout. It has four short well-developed legs, with five digits on each foot.Greer AE (1982).
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of G. coggeri is unknown.
References
Further reading Adler GH, Austin CC, Dudley R (1995). "Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean". Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529–541. Greer AE (1982). "A New Species of Geomyersia (Scincidae) from the Admiralty Islands, with a Summary of the Genus". Journal of Herpetology 16 (1): 61–66. (Geomyersia coggeri, new species).