Chalcides ragazzii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. ragazzii
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| Chalcides ragazzii Boulenger, 1890
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Chalcides ragazzii, commonly called Ragazzi's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Geographic range
C. ragazzii is found from Algeria (Ahaggar Mountains), Niger, northern Somalia and northern Kenya, to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and south-eastern Sahara.[1]
Description
C. ragazzii is a large, pentadactyl skink (that is, it has five digits on each limb).[1]
Reproduction
C. ragazzii is viviparous.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, ragazzii, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, Italian physician Dr. Vincenzo Ragazzi (1856–1929) of the Modena Natural History Society.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Species Chalcides ragazzii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 ragazzii, p. 216).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1890). "On the Varieties of Chalcides ocellatus, Forsk." Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 5: 444–445. (Chalcides ocellatus Var. Ragazzii, new variety, p. 444).
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