''Chioninia stangeri'' (English
common name
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: Stanger's skink) is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to the
Cape Verde
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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Islands.
Geographic range
''C. stangeri'' is found on the islands of
São Vicente,
Santa Luzia,
, and
.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''C. stangeri'' is
shrubland
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.
Reproduction
''C. stangeri'' is
viviparous
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.
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]
Etymology
The specific name, ''stangeri'', is in honor of English explorer William Stanger.[ xiii + 296 pp. . (''Chioninia stangeri'', p. 251).]
References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (''Mabuia stangeri'', pp. 157–158 + Plate VI, figures 2, 2a).
* Gray JE (1845).
Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum
'. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (''Euprepis stangeri'', new species, p. 112).
stangeri
Endemic vertebrates of Cape Verde
Fauna of Sal, Cape Verde
Fauna of Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Fauna of Santiago, Cape Verde
Reptiles described in 1845
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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