Chalcides ocellatus

Chalcides ocellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species:
C. ocellatus
Binomial name
Chalcides ocellatus
(Forsskål, 1775)

Chalcides ocellatus, or the ocellated skink (also known as the eyed skink or gongilo[2]) is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, Lebanon, and parts of northern Africa.[3][4][5] UAE, Israel,[6] It is also found in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

Chalcides ocellatus
  1. ^ Wilms, T.; Wagner, P.; Niagate, B.; Els, J.; Egan, D.M.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Behbehani, S.J.Y.; Eid, E.K.A.; Sindaco, R.; Baha El Din, S.; El Mouden, E.H.; Mateo, J.A.; Orlov, N.L.; Wilkinson, J.; Cogălniceanu, D.; Aghasyan, A.; Lymberakis, P.; Tuniyev, B.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Slimani, T.; Joger, U.; Geniez, P.; Tok, C.V.; Shestopal, A.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Nuridjanov, D.; Golynsky, E.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K.; Papenfuss, T. (2021). "Chalcides ocellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T157283A748508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T157283A748508.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. ^ Digimorph from the NSF Library at UT-Austin, Chalcides ocellatus
  3. ^ Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe
  4. ^ Arikan, et al.. "An Investigation on the Blood-Serum Proteins of Chalcides ocellatus (Sauria: Scincidae) Populations from Southern Anatolia." Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Tr. J. Zool. 22 (1998) 175-177.
  5. ^ Baha el Din, Sherif (2006). A Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-9774249792.
  6. ^ @EliShlezinger (23 October 2018). "נחושית עינונית נשרפה היום בשמורת גברעם. כ-120 דונם על האש. צווי כיבוי בסיוע 2 מטוסים ושופל השיגו שליטה. היום פרצו…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.