Chalcides ragazzii
Chalcides ragazzii, commonly called Ragazzi's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Africa.
| Chalcides ragazzii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. ragazzii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides ragazzii Boulenger, 1890 | |
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Geographic range
C. ragazzii is found from Algeria (Ahaggar Mountains), Niger, northern Somalia and northern Kenya, to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and south-eastern Sahara.[1]
Description
C. ragazzii is a large, pentadactyl skink (that is, it has five digits on each limb).[1]
Reproduction
C. ragazzii is viviparous.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, ragazzii, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, Italian physician Dr. Vincenzo Ragazzi (1856–1929) of the Modena Natural History Society.[1][2]
References
- Species Chalcides ragazzii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- 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 ragazzii, p. 216).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1890). "On the Varieties of Chalcides ocellatus, Forsk." Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 5: 444–445. (Chalcides ocellatus Var. Ragazzii, new variety, p. 444).
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