Vaillant's mabuya

Chioninia vaillantii
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chioninia
Species:	C. vaillantii
Binomial name
	Chioninia vaillantii; (Boulenger, 1887)
Synonyms
	Mabuia vaillantii ; Boulenger, 1887; Mabuya vaillantii ; — Greer, 1976;

Chioninia vaillantii (Vaillant's skink or mabuya) is a species of skinks in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.^[2] It is listed as endangered by the IUCN because it occurs as a very fragmented population and the quality of its habitat is declining.^[1] Vaillant's mabuya occurs on the islands Fogo and Santiago, and the islet Ilhéu de Cima.^[1]

The specific name, vaillantii, is in honor of French herpetologist Léon Louis Vaillant.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Template:IUCN
^ ^a ^b Chioninia vaillantii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 January 2017.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya vaillantii, p. 271).

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[IUCN-1] Template:IUCN

[RDB-2] Chioninia vaillantii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 January 2017.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mabuya vaillantii, p. 271).

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