• Source: Chioninia spinalis

Chioninia spinalis is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands, and has been found on the islands of Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and several smaller islets.




Subspecies


There are five subspecies:

Chioninia spinalis boavistensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza, 2010
Chioninia spinalis maioensis (Mertens, 1955)
Chioninia spinalis salensis (Angel, 1935)
Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza, 2010
Chioninia spinalis spinalis (Boulenger, 1906)




Publications


Angel, 1935 : Lézards des Îles du Cap Vert, rapportés par M. le Professeur Chevalier. Description de espèces nouvelles (Lizards of the Cape Verde Islands). Bulletin by the Museum of Natural History, Paris, series 2, vol. VII p. 165-169
Boulenger, 1906 : Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Annals of the Genoa Civic Museum of Natural History), series 3, vol. II, p. 196-216
Mertens, 1955 : Die Eidechsen der Kapverden. Commentationes biologicae, vol. 15, no. 15, p. 1-16




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Chioninia spinalis
• Chioninia
• Boavistensis
• List of least concern reptiles
• Chioninia stangeri
• List of reptiles of Europe