Chioninia delalandii

Chioninia delalandii'
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chioninia
Species: C. delalandi
Binomial name
Chioninia delalandi
(A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms[2]
  • Euprepes delalandii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[3]
  • Mabuya delalandii
    (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Chioninia delalandii (English: Delaland's skink) is a species of skink in to the Scincidae family. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.[1][2]

Etymology

The species named is named after Pierre Antoine Delalande.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Chioninia delalandii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T13152380A13152387. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Chioninia delalandii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Duméril & Bibron, 1839 : Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5, Roret/Fain andThunot, Paris, 871 pages
  4. ↑ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1–296.


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