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Chalcides boulengeri

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Chalcides boulengeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species:
C. boulengeri
Binomial name
Chalcides boulengeri
Anderson, 1892
Synonyms[2]
  • Chalcides boulengeri
    Anderson, 1892
  • Chalcides sepoides boulengeri
    F. Werner, 1929
  • Chalcides boulengeri
    Caputo et al., 1993
  • Sphenops boulengeri
    Geniez et al., 2004
  • Chalcides (Sphenops) boulengeri
    Kalboussi et al., 2006

Chalcides boulengeri, also known commonly as Boulenger's feylinia and Boulenger's wedge-snouted skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Maghreb region of North Africa.

Etymology

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The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Geographic range

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C. boulengeri is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.[2]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of C. boulengeri are desert and shrubland.[1]

Reproduction

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C. boulengeri is viviparous.[2] Litter size is two neonates.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Böhme W, Mateo JA, Joger U, Slimani T, El Mouden EH, Geniez P, Nouira MS (2021). "Chalcides boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T198512A2527846.en. Accessed on 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Chalcides boulengeri Anderson, 1892. The Reptile Database".
  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 boulengeri, p. 34).

Further reading

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  • Anderson J (1892). "On a small Collection of Mammals, Reptiles, and Batrachians from Barbary". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 3–24 + Plate I. (Chalcides boulengeri, new species, pp. 17–18 + Plate I, figures 1–3).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
  • Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).