Chalcides ragazzii
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Ragazzi's Cylindrical Skink | |
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Species: | C. ragazzii
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Chalcides ragazzii Boulenger, 1890
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The Ragazzi's Cylindrical Skink, (Chalcides ragazzii) is a large, pentadactyl (that is, it has five digits on each limb) species of skink.
It lives from Algeria (Ahaggar Mountains), Niger, northern Somalia and northern Kenya to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and south-eastern Sahara.
It was named after the collector of the holotype, Dr. V. Ragazzi.
References
- "Chalcides ragazzii". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2008-03-08.