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 Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and several smaller islets.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chioninia |
| Species: | C. spinalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chioninia spinalis (Boulenger, 1906)
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Subspecies edit
There are five subspecies:[2]
- Chioninia spinalis boavistensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza, 2010[3]
- Chioninia spinalis maioensis (Mertens, 1955)
- Chioninia spinalis salensis (Angel, 1935)
- Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza, 2010[3]
- Chioninia spinalis spinalis (Boulenger, 1906)
Publications edit
- Angel, 1935 : Lézards des Îles du Cap Vert, rapportés par M. le Professeur Chevalier. Description de espèces nouvelles (Lizards of the Cape Verde Islands). Bulletin by the Museum of Natural History, Paris, series 2, vol. VII p. 165-169
- Boulenger, 1906 : Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Annals of the Genoa Civic Museum of Natural History), series 3, vol. II, p. 196-216
- Mertens, 1955 : Die Eidechsen der Kapverden. Commentationes biologicae, vol. 15, no. 15, p. 1-16
References edit
- ^ a b Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Chioninia spinalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152418A13152425. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152418A13152425.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Chioninia spinalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 November 2016.
- ^ a b Miralles, Aurélien; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Perera, Ana; Harris, David J.; Carranza, Salvador (2011) [Published online 11 November 2010]. "An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae)". Zoologica Scripta. 40 (1): 16–44. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00453.x.