Chioninia stangeri

Chioninia stangeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chioninia
Species: C. stangeri
Binomial name
Chioninia stangeri
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euprepis stangeri
    Gray, 1845
  • Euprepes polylepis
    W. Peters, 1870
  • Euprepes hopfferi
    Bocage, 1875
  • Mabuia stangeri
    Boulenger, 1887
  • Mabuya stangeri
    — Schleich, 1987
  • Mabuya stanjorgeri
    Frank & Ramus, 1995
    (ex errore)
  • Chioninia stangeri
    — Mausfeld et al., 2002
  • Trachylepis stangeri
    Bauer, 2003
  • Chioninia stangeri
    G. Köhler et al., 2007

Chioninia stangeri (English name: Stanger's skink or Stanger's mabuya) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.[1]

Geographic range

One of the places where C. stangeri is found is Pico da Antónia on Santiago island.

Etymology

The specific name, stangeri, is in honor of English explorer William Stanger.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Chioninia stangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2017.
  2. 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. (Chioninia stangeri, p. 251).

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