Chalcides armitagei
Chalcides armitagei, commonly known as Armitage's cylindrical skink, is a species of skink endemic to West Africa.
| Chalcides armitagei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. armitagei |
| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides armitagei E. Boulenger, 1922 | |
Etymology
The specific name, armitagei, is in honor of Cecil Hamilton Armitage (1869-1933), who collected the type specimen while he was Governor of the Gambia.[1]
Geographic range
Chalcides armitagei is found in Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal.[2]
Note
There have been several errors in the scientific literature concerning C. armitagei. For the year of description, Frank & Ramus (1995) give 1896, while Pasteur (1981)[3] gives 1920 and 1921 respectively.[2]
References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chalcides armitagei, p. 11).
- "Chalcides armitagei BOULENGER, 1922. The Reptile Database".
- Pasteur G (1981). "A survey of the species groups of the old world scincid genus Chalcides ". J. Herpetol. 15 (1): 1-16.
Further reading
- Boulenger EG (1922). "Description of a New Lizard of the genus Chalcides, from the Gambia, living in the Society's Gardens". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1922: 899. (Chalcides armitagei, new species).
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