Chalcides thierryi
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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. thierryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides thierryi Tornier, 1901
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Chalcides thierryi, commonly known as Thierry's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, thierryi, is in honor of German military officer Gaston Thierry, who served in Togo.[1]
Geographic range
Chalcides thierryi is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo.[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 thierryi, p. 264).
- ^ "Chalcides thierryi ". The Reptile Database
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