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Chioninia spinalis

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| name = Chioninia spinalis

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Vasconcelos, R. |date=2013 |title=Chioninia spinalis |volume=2013 |page=e.T13152418A13152425 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152418A13152425.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Chioninia

| species = spinalis

| authority = (Boulenger, 1906)

| synonyms = * Mabuya spinalis
Boulenger, 1906

  • Mabuia salensis
    Angel, 1935
  • Mabuya stangeri maioensis
    Mertens, 1955

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Chioninia spinalis is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands, and has been found on the islands of Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and several smaller islets.

Subspecies

There are five subspecies:

Publications

  • Angel, 1935 : Lézards des Îles du Cap Vert, rapportés par M. le Professeur Chevalier. Description de espèces nouvelles (Lizards of the Cape Verde Islands). Bulletin by the Museum of Natural History, Paris, series 2, vol. VII p. 165-169
  • Boulenger, 1906 : Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Annals of the Genoa Civic Museum of Natural History), series 3, vol. II, p. 196-216
  • Mertens, 1955 : Die Eidechsen der Kapverden. Commentationes biologicae, vol. 15, no. 15, p. 1-16

References

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{{NRDB species|genus=Chioninia |species=spinalis |accessdate=30 November 2016}}

{{cite journal|last1=Miralles|first1=Aurélien|last2=Vasconcelos|first2=Raquel|last3=Perera|first3=Ana|last4=Harris|first4=David J.|last5=Carranza|first5=Salvador|title=An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae) |journal=Zoologica Scripta |year=2011 |volume=40|issue=1|pages=16–44|doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00453.x |orig-year=Published online 11 November 2010}}

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Category:Endemic vertebrates of Cape Verde

Category:Reptiles described in 1906

Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger

Category:Fauna of Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Category:Fauna of Maio, Cape Verde

Category:Fauna of Sal, Cape Verde

Category:Fauna of Santiago, Cape Verde

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