Chioninia spinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Chioninia
Species:
Subspecies (5): C. s. boavistensis – C. s. maioensis – C. s. salensis – C. s. santiagoensis – C. s. spinalis

Name

Chioninia spinalis (Boulenger, 1906)

Lectotype: BMNH 1906.03.30.40.

Type locality: “Fogo, Cape Verde Islands, obtained at Igreya and St. Filippe”.

Combinations

Mabuya spinalis Boulenger, 1906: 204 [original combination]
Chioninia spinalis — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 290 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Series 3, 2: 196–216. BHL

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Chioninia spinalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 November 2018.
Vasconcelos, R. 2013. IUCN: Chioninia spinalis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152418A13152425. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152418A13152425.en

Vernacular names

English: Sal Island Skink