Chioninia stangeri

Chioninia stangeri
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chioninia
Species:	C. stangeri
Binomial name
Chioninia stangeri (Gray, 1845)
Synonyms
Euprepis stangeri Gray, 1845 Euprepes polylepis W. Peters, 1870 Euprepes hopfferi Bocage, 1875 Mabuia stangeri — Boulenger, 1887 Mabuya stangeri — Schleich, 1987 Mabuya stanjorgeri Frank & Ramus, 1995 (ex errore) Chioninia stangeri — Mausfeld et al., 2002 Trachylepis stangeri — , 2003 Chioninia stangeri — et al., 2007

Chioninia stangeri (English name: Stanger's skink or Stanger's mabuya) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.

One of the places where C. stangeri is found is Pico da Antónia on Santiago island.

The specific name, stangeri, is in honor of English explorer William Stanger.

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