Chioninia stangeri

Chioninia stangeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Chioninia
Species: C. stangeri
Binomial name
Chioninia stangeri
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euprepis stangeri
    Gray, 1845
  • Euprepes polylepis
    W. Peters, 1870
  • Euprepes hopfferi
    Bocage, 1875
  • Mabuia stangeri
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Mabuya stangeri
    — Schleich, 1987
  • Mabuya stanjorgeri
    Frank & Ramus, 1995
    (ex errore)
  • Chioninia stangeri
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis stangeri
    — Bauer, 2003

Chioninia stangeri (English name: Stanger's skink) is a species of skinks in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.[1] It is found on the islands of São Vicente, Santa Luzia, Ilhéu Branco and Ilhéu Raso.[2] The specific name, stangeri, is in honor of English explorer William Stanger.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Chioninia stangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2017.
  2. ↑ R. Vasconcelos (2012). "Chioninia stangeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2018-1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chioninia stangeri, p. 251).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Mabuia stangeri, pp. 157–158 + Plate VI, figures 2, 2a).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Euprepis stangeri, new species, p. 112).
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