Chalcides ebneri

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Chalcides ebneri

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species:
C. ebneri
Binomial name
Chalcides ebneri
F. Werner, 1931
Chalcides ebneri distribution.png
Synonyms[2]
  • Chalcides ocellatus vittatus var. ebneri
    F. Werner, 1931
  • Chalcides ebneri
    — G. Pasteur, 1981

Chalcides ebneri, or Ebner's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.[1]

Etymology[]

The specific name, ebneri, is in honor of Austrian entomologist Richard Ebner (1885–1961).[3]

Conservation status[]

C. ebneri is only found in two small locations and has not been sighted since 1970. It is threatened by some agricultural practices and habitat loss, and populations presumably continue to decline.[1]

Habitat[]

C. ebneri is found in rocky areas near grassy ground cover.[1]

Reproduction[]

The females of C. ebneri give birth to live young.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Miras, J.A.M.; El Mouden, H.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T. (2006). "Chalcides ebneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61475A12474421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61475A12474421.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Chalcides ebneri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chalcides ebneri, p. 80).

Further reading[]

  • Pasteur G (1981). "A Survey of the Species Groups of the Old World Scincid Genus Chalcides ". Journal of Herpetology 15 (1): 1–16. (Chalcides ebneri, new combination).
  • Werner F (1931). "Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungreise nach Marokko. Unternommen 1930 mit Unterstützing der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien von Franz Werner und Richard Ebner. III. Amphibien und Reptilien ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 140: 271-318 + Plates I-IV + Maps I-III. (Chalcides ocellatus vittatus var. ebneri, new variation, p. 296 + Plate II, Figure 8). (in German).


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