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Chalcides parallelus DOUMERGUE, 1901

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chafarinas' skink
G: Chafarinas-Skink 
SynonymChalcides parallelus DOUMERGUE 1901
Chalcides polylepis MELLADO et al. 1987
Chalcides ghiarai CAPUTO & MELLADO 1992
Chalcides ghiarai — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 340
Chalcides parallelus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 
DistributionNE Morocco, NW Algeria, Chafarinas Island

Type locality: Plateau de Canastal, Oran area  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: unknown (lost), collected F. Doumerge
Holotype: ZFMK 34549, paratypes in ZFMK, MZUF and Coll. Mellado [ghiarai] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
References
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here
  • Caputo V; Mellado J 1992. A new species of Chalcides (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northeastern Morocco. BOLLETTINO DI ZOOLOGIA 59 (3): 335-342 - get paper here
  • Caputo, Vincenzo;Sorice, Marina;Crescimbent, Laura 1999. A molecular taxonomy of some Mediterranean Scincid lizards, Genus Chalcides Laurenti 1768 (Reptilia, Scincidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 6 (1): 23-32 - get paper here
  • Civantos, E., Arribas, R. and Martin, J. 2020. Niche occupancy of two (congeneric) skinks in an islands environment. Amphibia-Reptilia 41 (3): 337–347 - get paper here
  • Civantos, Emilio; Jesús Ortega, Pilar López, Ana Pérez-Cembranos, Valentín Pérez-Mellado & José Martín 2013. Diet selection by the threatened Chafarinas' skink Chalcides parallelus in North Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 62 (2): 78-89 - get paper here
  • Doumergue,F. 1901. Essai sur la faune erpétologique de l'Oranie avec des tableaux analytiques et des notations pour la détermination de tous les reptiles et batraciens du Maroc, de l'Algerie et de la Tunisie. L. Fouque, Oran, 404 pp. - get paper here
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
  • 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
  • Mediani, Mohamed; José Carlos Brito, Soumia Fahd 2015. Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of northern Morocco: updated distribution and patterns of habitat selection. Basic and Applied Herpetology 29: - get paper here
  • Mellado, J. V. CAPUTO & G. NASCETTI 1987. Sobre las publicaciónes de Chalcides (Reptilia: Scincidae) del Nordeste de Marruecos. Rev. Esp. Herpetol. 2: 183-186 - get paper here
  • Rouag R, Ziane N, De Sousa M 2024. A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e120471 - 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
 
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