Chalcides simonyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. simonyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides simonyi (Steindachner, 1891)
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The Fuerteventura skink (Chalcides simonyi) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha.
Etymology[]
The specific name, simonyi, is in honor of Viennese naturalist Oskar Simonyi (1852–1915).[3]
Geographic range[]
C. simonyi is found only on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.[1]
Habitat[]
The natural habitats of C. simonyi are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rocky areas, pastureland, and urban areas.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Chalcides simonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61488A12479483. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61488A12479483.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Chalcides viridanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 simonyi, p. 244).
Further reading[]
- Steindachner F (1891). "Ueber die Reptilien und Batrachier der westlichen und östlichen Gruppe der canarischen Inseln ". Ann. K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien 6: 287–306. (Chalcides simonyi, new species, pp. 299–300). (in German).
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