''Eumeces algeriensis'', commonly called the Algerian skink, Algerian orange-tailed skink,
Berber's skink,
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Berber's Skink ''Eumeces algeriensis''", p. 23).] in
French
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''eumece d'Algérie'', or in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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''bulán'', is a
species
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of
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 ...
in the
family
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Scincidae.
The species is
endemic
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to the
Maghreb
The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...
region of
North Africa
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.
Geographic range
''E. algeriensis'' is found in
Algeria
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and
Morocco
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(including the
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
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exclave
Melilla
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).
Habitat
The natural
habitat
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s of ''E. algeriensis'' are temperate
forest
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s, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate
grassland
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, sandy shores,
arable land
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, pastureland,
plantation
A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...
s, and rural gardens.
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''Eumeces algeriensis''.
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Reproduction
''E. algeriensis'' is
oviparous
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.
References
Further reading
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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. (''Eumeces algeriensis'', pp. 384–385).
*Caputo V, Odierna G, Aprea G, Capriglione T (1993). "''Eumeces algeriensis'' - a full species of the ''Eumeces schneiderii'' group (Scincidae) - karyological and morphological evidence". ''Amphibia-Reptilia'' 14 (2): 187–193.
*Griffith H, Ngo A, Murphy RW (2000). "A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus ''Eumeces'' Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae)". ''Russ. J. Herpetol.'' 7 (1): 1–16
*
Wilhelm Peters, Peters W (1864). "''Die Eidechsenfamilie der Scincoiden, insbesondere über die Schneider'schen, Wiegmann'schen und neue Arten des zoologischen Museums''". ''Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' 1864: 44–58. (''Eumeces pavimentatus'' var. ''algeriensis'', new species, p. 49). (in German).
*Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996). ''Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa''. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz. 627 pp.
*
Schmitz, Andreas; Mausfeld, Patrick; Embert, Dirk (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus ''Eumeces'' Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications". ''Hamadryad'' 28 (1-2): 73–89
External links
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Eumeces
Skinks of Africa
Reptiles described in 1864
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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