Chalcides thierryi

Chalcides thierryi, commonly known as Thierry's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to West Africa.

Chalcides thierryi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species:
C. thierryi
Binomial name
Chalcides thierryi
Tornier, 1901
Synonyms[2]
  • Chalcides bottegi var. thierryi
    Tornier, 1901
  • Chalcides bottegi thierryi
    — Loveridge, 1936
  • Chalcides thierryi
    — Joger & Lambert, 2002

Etymology

The specific name, thierryi, is in honor of German military officer Gaston Thierry, who served in Togo.[3]

Geographic range

Chalcides thierryi is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. thierryi is savanna.[1]

Reproduction

C. thierryi is viviparous.[2]

References
  1. Wilms T, Segniagbeto G, Wagner P (2013). "Chalcides thierryi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152348A13152353. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152348A13152353.en. Downloaded on 20 August 2020.
  2. "Chalcides thierryi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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 thierryi, p. 264).

Further reading
  • Greenbaum E (2005). "Systematics of West African skinks in the Chalcides thierryi group: Composition, distribution, and redescription of types". African Journal of Herpetology 54 (1): 17–29.
  • Joger U, Lambert MRK (2002). "Inventory of amphibians and reptiles in SE Senegal, including the Niokola-Koba National Park, with observations of factors influencing diversity". Tropical Zoology 15 (2): 165–185. (Chalcides thierryi, new status as a species).
  • Loveridge A (1936). "African Reptiles and Amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History". Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 22 (1): 1–122. (Chalcides bottegi thierryi, new status as a subspecies, p. 74).
  • Tornier G (1901). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Togo". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1901 (supplement): 65–88. (Chalcides bottegi var. thierryi, new variety, p. 87). (in German).
  • Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).



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