- The Cape
Verde giant skink (
Chioninia coctei), also
called Bibron's skink, Cocteau's skink, and
lagarto in Cape
Verdean Portuguese, is a
recently extinct...
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Chioninia is a
genus of skinks,
lizards in the
subfamily Lygosominae. For long, this
genus was
included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya. The
genus Chioninia...
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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...
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Chioninia fogoensis (English: Fogo
skink or
Santo Antão skink) is a
species of
skink in the
family Scincidae. It is
endemic to the
island of
Santo Antão...
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Chioninia nicolauensis (English: São
Nicolau skink) is a
species of
skinks in the
family Scincidae. It is
endemic to the Cape
Verde island of São Nicolau...
- "wastebasket taxon".
These Old
World species are now
placed in the
genera Chioninia, Eutropis, and Trachylepis.
Under the
older classification, the New World...
-
Chioninia stangeri (English
common name: Stanger's skink) is a
species of
lizard in the
family Scincidae. The
species is
endemic to the Cape
Verde Islands...
-
contributed to the
extinction of the Nav****a curly-tailed
lizard and
Chioninia coctei. Cats are
common pets
throughout the world, and
their worldwide...
- split, many
species being allocated to new
genera such as Trachylepis,
Chioninia, and Eutropis.
Subfamily Acontinae (limbless skinks; 30
species in 2 genera)...
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Chioninia vaillantii, also
known commonly as Vaillant's
mabuya or Vaillant's skink, is a
species of
skink in the
family Scincidae. The
species is endemic...
