Chioninia stangeri

Chioninia stangeri
An image of C. stangeri captured on the island of Santa Luzia, Cape Verde.
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chioninia
Species:	C. stangeri
Binomial name
Chioninia stangeri (Gray, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
Euprepis stangeri Gray, 1845 Euprepes polylepis W. Peters, 1870 Euprepes hopfferi Bocage, 1875 Mabuia stangeri — Boulenger, 1887 Mabuya stangeri — Schleich, 1987 Mabuya stanjorgeri Frank & Ramus, 1995 (ex errore) Chioninia stangeri — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis stangeri — Bauer, 2003

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.^[2]

Geographic range

C. stangeri is found on the islands of São Vicente, Santa Luzia, Ilhéu Branco, and Ilhéu Raso.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. stangeri is shrubland.^[1]

Reproduction

C. stangeri is viviparous.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, stangeri, is in honor of English explorer William Stanger.^[3]

References

1. Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Chioninia stangeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152431A13152438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152431A13152438.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Chioninia stangeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2017.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chioninia stangeri, p. 251).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Mabuia stangeri, pp. 157–158 + Plate VI, figures 2, 2a).
• Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Euprepis stangeri, new species, p. 112).