Chalcides mauritanicus

Chalcides mauritanicus
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chalcides
Species:	C. mauritanicus
Binomial name
Chalcides mauritanicus Duméril & Bibron, 1839

Chalcides mauritanicus, or the two-fingered skink, is an African species of skink found in Algeria and Morocco. It occurs in sandy areas and plantations, but cannot exist in severely modified habitats. It also requires good ground cover, but as this is becoming increasingly scarce, the species is declining. The distribution of the species is severely fragmented. Females of the species give birth to live young.^[2]

References[]

• Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Ulrich Joger, Juan Pleguezuelos, Tahar Slimani, El Hassan El Mouden, Philippe Geniez, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Chalcides mauritanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61479A12475632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61479A12475632.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is endangered
• Pasteur, G. 1981. A survey of the species groups of the old world scincid genus Chalcides. Journal of Herpetology 15(1): 1–16

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