Cape Verde giant skink

Cape Verde giant skink
Illustration, 1885

Extinct (1940)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chioninia
Species:
†C. coctei
Binomial name
†Chioninia coctei
Synonyms[2]
  • Euprepes coctei
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Macroscincus coctei
    — Bocage, 1873
  • Gongylus coctei
    — Frank & Ramus, 1995
  • Chioninia coctei
    — Miralles et al., 2010

The Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei), also called Bibron's skink, Cocteau's skink, and lagarto in Cape Verdean Portuguese, is a recently extinct species of large lizard (skink) that was endemic to some of the Barlavento Islands of Cape Verde before disappearing in the 20th century.

  1. ^ Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Chioninia coctei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152363A13152374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152363A13152374.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Chioninia coctei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.