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    Chalcides lanzai

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of lizard

    Chalcides lanzai
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Squamata
    Family: Scincidae
    Genus: Chalcides
    Species:
    C. lanzai
    Binomial name
    Chalcides lanzai
    Chalcides lanzai distribution.png
    Synonyms[2]
    • Chalcides ocellatus lanzai
      G. Pasteur, 1967
    • Chalcides lanzai
      — Caputo & Mellado, 1992
    • Chalcides montanus lanzai
      — Schlüter, 2004

    Chalcides lanzai, or Lanza's skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.[1][2]

    Taxonomy

    Chalcides lanzai has been considered a subspecies of Chalcides montanus and of Chalcides ocellatus.[2]

    Etymology

    The specific name, lanzai, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Benedetto Lanza.[2][3]

    Habitat

    C. lanzai is usually found in forest and grassland areas, and is common in the areas where it can be found.[1]

    Conservation status

    C. lanzai is unlikely to be under serious threat, though it has been affected from habitat degradation due to overgrazing.[1]

    Reproduction

    Adult females of the species C. lanzai give birth to live young.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Miras, J.A.M.; El Mouden, H.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T.; Sindaco, R. (2006). "Chalcides lanzai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T61477A12474952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61477A12474952.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61477/12474952. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chalcides lanzai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
    3. ↑ 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 lanzai, p. 151).

    Further reading

    • Pasteur G [fr] (1967). "Notes sur les sauriens du genre Chalcides (Scincidés). II. Premièr note sur le complexe de Chalcides ocellatus, avec description de Chalcides ocellatus lanzai". Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 47: 395–398. (Chalcides ocellatus lanzai, new subspecies). (in French).

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