Emoia campbelli

Emoia campbelli, also known commonly as Campbell's skink, the montane emo skink, and the Vitilevu mountain treeskink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.^[1][2]

Emoia campbelli
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Emoia
Species:	E. campbelli
Binomial name
Emoia campbelli W.C. Brown & Gibbons, 1986

Etymology

The specific name, campbelli, is in honor of geologist John Campbell who collected the holotype.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. campbelli is forest, at altitudes of 700–1,000 m (2,300–3,300 ft).^[1]

Behavior

E. campbelli is arboreal, living in the forest canopy, and sheltering in epiphytic myrmecophytes (ant plants).^[1]

Reproduction

E. campbelli is oviparous.^[2] Clutch size is two eggs, which are laid in the chambers of ant plants.^[4]