''Chalcides'' is a

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skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...

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Scincidae). It is usually placed in the

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Scincinae (= Scincidae ''sensu'' Hedges 2014), a

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Species

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Chalcides armitagei ''Chalcides armitagei'', also known commonly as Armitage's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to West Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''armitagei'', is in honor of Cecil Hamilton Armi ...

'' – Armitage's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides bedriagai ''Chalcides bedriagai'', commonly known as Bedriaga's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It usually lives in sandy areas with sparse vegetation and good ground cover. It can al ...

'' – Bedriaga's skink *''

Chalcides bottegi ''Chalcides bottegi'', also known commonly as Bottego's cylindrical skink or the ocellated skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to East Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Northeast Africa. Etymology The spe ...

'' – Bottego's cylindrical skink, ocellated skink *''

Chalcides boulengeri ''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 The specific name ...

'' – Boulenger's feylinia, Boulenger's wedge-snouted skink *''

Chalcides chalcides The Italian three-toed skink or the cylindrical skink (''Chalcides chalcides'') is a species of lizard found from Italy (including Sicily, Sardinia and Elba), to northern Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. It is common in some locations and is ...

'' – cylindrical skink, Italian three-toed skink *''

Chalcides coeruleopunctatus ''Chalcides coeruleopunctatus'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in the Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community ...

'' – La Gomera skink *''

Chalcides colosii ''Chalcides colosii'', also known commonly as the Riffian skink and Colosi's cylindrical skink, is a moderate-sized species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Morocco and some Spanish territories in northwestern Afric ...

'' – Colosi's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides delislei ''Chalcides delislei'', also known commonly as Delisle's wedge-snouted skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''delislei'', is in honor of French anthropolo ...

'' – Delisle's wedge-snouted skink *''

Chalcides ebneri ''Chalcides ebneri'', also known commonly as Ebner's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco. Etymology The specific name, ''ebneri'', is in honor of Austrian entomologist Richard Eb ...

'' – Ebner's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides guentheri ''Chalcides guentheri'', or Günther's cylindrical skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Near East. Etymology The specific name, ''guentheri'', is in honor of German-born British herpetol ...

'' – Günther's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides lanzai ''Chalcides lanzai'', or Lanza's skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco. Taxonomy ''Chalcides lanzai'' has been considered a subspecies of '' Chalcides montanus'' and of ''Chalcides oce ...

'' – Lanza's skink *'' Chalcides levitoni'' – Leviton's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides manueli'' – Manuel's skink *''

Chalcides mauritanicus ''Chalcides mauritanicus'', or the two-fingered skink, is an African species of skink found in Algeria and Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It o ...

'' – two-fingered skink *''

Chalcides mertensi The Algerian three-toed skink (''Chalcides mertensi'') is a species of "grass-swimming" skink with an elongated serpentine shape and reduced limbs. It is endemic to north-western Africa. Distribution It is native to northern Algeria and northern ...

'' – Algerian three-toed skink *'' Chalcides minutus'' – small three-toed skink *'' Chalcides mionecton'' – Mionecton skink, Morocco cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides montanus'' *''

Chalcides ocellatus ''Chalcides ocellatus'', or the ocellated skink (also known as the eyed skink or gongilo) is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, Lebanon, and parts of northern Africa.Arikan, ''et al.''"An Investigation on the Blood-Serum P ...

'' – eyed skink, gongilo, ocellated skink *'' Chalcides parallelus'' – Chafarinas's skink *'' Chalcides pentadactylus'' – five-fingered skink *'' Chalcides polylepis'' – many-scaled cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides pseudostriatus The Moroccan three-toed skink (''Chalcides pseudostriatus'') is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is found in Morocco and Spain. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, and rural gardens. ...

'' – Moroccan three-toed skink *'' Chalcides pulchellus'' – Mocquard's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides ragazzii ''Chalcides ragazzii'', commonly called Ragazzi's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Africa. Geographic range ''C. ragazzii'' is found from Algeria (Ahaggar Mo ...

'' – Ragazzi's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides sepsoides ''Chalcides sepsoides'', the wedge-snouted skink, is a common and widespread species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is found in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories. Ecology ''S. sepsoides'' is a vivipar ...

'' – wedge-snouted skink *''

Chalcides sexlineatus The Gran Canaria skink (''Chalcides sexlineatus'') is a species of skink in the family Scincidae which is endemic to Gran Canaria. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate ...

'' – Gran Canaria skink *'' Chalcides simonyi'' – East Canary skink, Fuerteventura skink *'' Chalcides sphenopsiformis'' – Duméril's wedge-snouted skink *''

Chalcides striatus The western three-toed skink (''Chalcides striatus'') is a species of lizard with tiny legs in the family Scincidae. It is found in the Iberian Peninsula, southern France and parts of northwestern Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forest ...

'' – western three-toed skink *''

Chalcides thierryi ''Chalcides thierryi'', commonly known as Thierry's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to West Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''thierryi'', is in honor of German military officer ...

'' – Thierry's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides viridanus'' – Canaryan cylindrical skink, East Canary Islands skink, Tenerife skink, West Canary skink ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Chalcides''.

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