Chioninia nicolauensis
Appearance
Chioninia nicolauensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Chioninia |
Species: | C. nicolauensis
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Binomial name | |
Chioninia nicolauensis (Schleich, 1987)
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Chioninia nicolauensis (English: São Nicolau skink) is a species of skinks in the Scincidae family. It is endemic to the Cape Verde island of São Nicolau.[1][2] Until around 2010, it was treated as a subspecies of Chioninia fogoensis.[3]
References
- ^ Duméril & Bibron, 1839 : Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5, Roret/Fain andThunot, Paris, 871 pages
- ^ Chioninia nicolauensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2017.
- ^ Template:IUCN
Further reading
- Schleich, Herpetofauna caboverdiana (Cape Verdean Herpetofauna). Spixiana Supplement (1987), vol. 12, p. 1-75