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| synonyms = *''Euprepis stangeri'' <br>{{small|Gray, 1845}}
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*''Euprepis stangeri'' <br>{{small|Gray, 1845}}
*''Euprepes polylepis'' <br>{{small|[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1870}}
*''Euprepes polylepis'' <br>{{small|[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1870}}
*''Euprepes hopfferi'' <br>{{small|[[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], 1875}}
*''Euprepes hopfferi'' <br>{{small|[[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], 1875}}
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'''''Chioninia stangeri''''' (English name: '''Stanger's skink''' or '''Stanger's mabuya''') is a [[species]] of [[skink]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Cape Verde]] Islands.<ref name="RDB">{{NRDB species|genus=Chioninia |species=stangeri |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>
'''''Chioninia stangeri''''' (English name: '''Stanger's skink''' or '''Stanger's mabuya''') is a [[species]] of [[skink]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Cape Verde]] Islands.<ref name="RDB">{{NRDB species|genus=Chioninia |species=stangeri |accessdate=28 January 2017}}</ref>


==Geographic range==
==Geographic range==
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[[Category:Fauna of Santiago, Cape Verde]]
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[[Category:Animals described in 1993]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Lizards described in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]



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Revision as of 13:35, 3 March 2018

Chioninia stangeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chioninia
Species:
C. stangeri
Binomial name
Chioninia stangeri
(Gray, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Chioninia stangeri (English name: Stanger's skink or Stanger's mabuya) is a species of skinks 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. ^ a b 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).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Mabuia stangeri, pp. 157–158 + Plate VI, figures 2, 2a).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Euprepis stangeri, new species, p. 112).