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Mabuya stangeri

Chioninia stangeri
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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