''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 Scincinae is a subfamily of lizards. The subfamily contains 33 genera, and the genera contain a combined total of 284 species, commonly called skinks. The systematics is at times controversial. The group is probably paraphyletic. It is one of thr ...

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

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of primarily

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n skinks.

Species

The following

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are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Chalcides armitagei'' – Armitage's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides bedriagai'' – Bedriaga's skink *'' Chalcides bottegi'' – Bottego's cylindrical skink, ocellated skink *'' Chalcides boulengeri'' – Boulenger's feylinia, Boulenger's wedge-snouted skink *'' Chalcides chalcides'' – cylindrical skink, Italian three-toed skink *'' Chalcides coeruleopunctatus'' – 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'' – Delisle's wedge-snouted skink *'' Chalcides ebneri'' – Ebner's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides guentheri'' – Günther's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides lanzai'' – Lanza's skink *'' Chalcides levitoni'' – Leviton's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides manueli'' – Manuel's skink *'' Chalcides mauritanicus'' – two-fingered skink *'' Chalcides mertensi'' – Algerian three-toed skink *'' Chalcides minutus'' – small three-toed skink *'' Chalcides mionecton'' – Mionecton skink, Morocco cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides montanus'' *'' Chalcides ocellatus'' – eyed skink, gongilo, ocellated skink *'' Chalcides parallelus'' – Chafarinas's skink *'' Chalcides pentadactylus'' – five-fingered skink *'' Chalcides polylepis'' – many-scaled cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides pseudostriatus'' – 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'' – Gran Canaria skink *'' Chalcides simonyi'' – East Canary skink, Fuerteventura skink *'' Chalcides sphenopsiformis'' – Duméril's wedge-snouted skink *'' Chalcides striatus'' – western three-toed skink *'' Chalcides thierryi'' – Thierry's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides viridanus ''Chalcides'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae (= Scincidae ''sensu'' Hedges 2014), a monophyletic clade of primarily African skinks. Species The following species are recognized as bei ...

'' – 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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