Chalcides colosii

Riffian skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species:
C. colosii
Binomial name
Chalcides colosii
Lanza, 1957
Synonyms[2]
  • Chalcides ocellatus Var. vittatus
    Boulenger, 1890
  • Chalcides ocellatus vittatus
    — Mertens, 1921
  • Chalcides colosii
    Lanza, 1957
    (nomen novum)
  • Chalcides ocellatus colosii
    — Bons, 1972
  • Chalcides colosii
    — Pasteur, 1981

Chalcides colosii, also known commonly as the Riffian skink[1] and Colosi's cylindrical skink,[2] is a moderate-sized species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Morocco and some Spanish territories in northwestern Africa.[1] It is named after Giuseppe Colosi, former director of the Zoological Institute of the University of Florence.[2][3] It has been considered a subspecies of Chalcides ocellatus.[2][4][5] The females of the species give birth to live young.

  1. ^ a b c Jose Antonio Mateo Miras; Ulrich Joger [in German]; Juan Pleguezuelos; Tahar Slimani; Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Chalcides colosii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61474A12474024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61474A12474024.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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  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 colosii, p. 57).
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  5. ^ Boulenger GA (1890). "On the Varieties of Chalcides ocellatus, Forsk." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 5: 444-445. ("Chalcides ocellatus Var. vittatus ", new variety, p. 445).