Chalcides sphenopsiformis (DUMÉRIL, 1856)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Duméril's Wedge-snouted Skink
Synonym	Anisoterma sphenopsiforme DUMÉRIL 1856: 422 Sphenops meridionalis GÜNTHER 1871 Chalcides sphenopsiformis — BOULENGER 1887: 406 Sphenops sphenopsiformis — PASTEUR & BONS 1960 Chalcides moseri AHL 1937 Sphenops sphenopsiformis — BRYGOO 1985: 103 Sphenops sphenopsiformis — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 370 Sphenops sphenopsiformis — GENIEZ et al. 2004 Chalcides sphenopsiformis — CARRANZA et al. 2008
Distribution	S Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal Type locality: Senegal
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1253, MNHN-RA 6482 and MNHN-RA 6482A (3 syntypes)
Diagnosis
Comment	CAPUTO & LANZA (1992) synonymized Chalcides moseri with Sphenops sphenopsiformis.
References	Ahl, E. 1937. Über eine neue europäische Eidechse. Zool. Anz. 117: 155-157 Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126 Caputo V. LANZA B. 1992. The identity of the Santorini skink Chalcides-moseri Ahl 1937 (Squamata Scincidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 13 (2): 202-207. - get paper here Carranza, S.; E.N. Arnold, Ph. Geniez, J. Roca and J.A. Mateo 2008. Radiation, multiple dispersal and parallelism in the skinks, Chalcides and Sphenops (Squamata: Scincidae), with comments on Scincus and Scincopus and the age of the Sahara Desert. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46 (3): 1071-1094 - get paper here Duméril, A.H.A. 1856. Note sur les reptiles du Gabon. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris, (2) 8: 369-377, 417–424, 460–470, 553–562 - get paper here Elbahi A, Lawton C, Oubrou W, El Bekkay M, Hermas J, Dugon M 2022. Reptile biodiversity in Souss-Massa National Park: an internationally important hotspot in the Mediterranean region. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e79088 - get paper here Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Geniez, M. & Pether, J. 2004. The amphibians and reptiles of the Western Sahara (former Spanish Sahara) and adjacent regions. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 228 pp. [reviewed in Reptilia GB 44: 81] Kolodziej, K. & Cenker, C. 2010. Unterwegs im Schmelztiegel der Arten - Herping in Marokko. Elaphe 2020 (3): 14-25 Martínez del Mármol, Gabriel; D. James Harris, Philippe Geniez, Philip de Pous, and Daniele Salvi 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 478 pp - get paper here Padial, J. M. 2006. COMMENTED DISTRIBUTIONAL LIST OF THE REPTILES OF MAURITANIA (WEST AFRICA). Graellsia, 62(2): 159-178 - get paper here Schleich, H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp. Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here Sow, Andack Saad; Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves, Fábio Vieira Sousa, Fernando Martínez- Freiría, Frederico Santarém, Guillermo Velo-Antón, Hamidou Dieng, João Carlos Campos, Saer Khayar Diagne, Zbyszek Boratyński, José Carlos Brito 2017. Atlas of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Diawling National Park, Mauritania. Basic and Applied Herpetology - get paper here Sow, Andack Saad; Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Pierre-André Crochet, Philippe Geniez, Ivan Ineich, Hamidou Dieng, Soumia Fahd, José Carlos Brito 2015. Atlas of the distribution of reptiles in the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania. Basic and Applied Herpetology - get paper here Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here Wilms, T. 2009. Marokko - Schatzkammer in Nordwesten Afrikas. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (75): 16-23 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.moroccoherps.com/el-puente-de-diciembre-de-2022-por-marruecos/ http://www.chalcides.de/Alle_Arten.html http://linnaeus.nrm.se/zool/herp/madserp.html.en (as Coluber/Boa) Google images

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