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Chalcides thierryi TORNIER, 1901

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Thierry's Cylindrical Skink 
SynonymChalcides bottegi var. thierryi TORNIER 1901: 87
Chalcides bottegi thierryi — LOVERIDGE 1936: 74
Chalcides thierryi — JOGER & LAMBERT 2002
Chalcides thierryi — GREENBAUM et al. 2006 
DistributionN Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso

Type locality: Mangu and Jendi, Togoland.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 16607, Mangu [= Mango, Togo], collected Thierry; 16284, Jenti [=Yendi, Ghana], collected by Thierry. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Chalcides thierryi is a relatively large, pentadactyl species with extensively expanded vertebral scales, 20-22 scale rows at midbody, relatively long tail, and a dorsal ground colour of tan or brown with transverse rows of dark brown spots across the flanks, dorsum, and tail (usually with white borders on the tail). Chalcides thierryi is readily distinguished from its sub-Saharan conspecifics. Chalcides thierryi is distinguished from C. pulchellus by 20-22 scale rows at midbody (22-24 in C. pulchellus), 85-91 vertebrals (79-86 in C. pulchellus), 9-13 subdigital lamellae under Toe IV (13-17 in C. pulchellus), four phalanges in Toe IV (five in C. pulchellus), 41-44 presacral vertebrae (37-42 in C. pulchellus), a tan or brown ground colour (brown or bronze-brown in C. pulchellus), and brown spots that usually have white borders on the tail (brown spots that always lack white borders on the tail in C. pulchellus). Chalcides thierryi is distinguished from C. armitagei by pentadactyl limbs (tridactyl in C. armitagei), six supralabials (five in C. armitagei), six infralabials (four in C. armitagei), one postnasal (absent in C. armitagei), 85-91 ventrals (94-96 in C. armitagei), and 41-44 presacral vertebrae (50-51 in C. armitagei) (Caputo et al. 1995). Chalcides thierryi is distinguished from C. ocellatus and C. ragazzii by extensively expanded vertebrals (unexpanded or weakly expanded in C. ocellatus and C. ragazzii), uniform dorsal colour pattern (stripes in C. ocellatus and C. ragazzii), and lack of white ocelli (extensive white ocelli in C. ocellatus and C. ragazzii). Chalcides thierryi is distinguished from C. bottegi by a uniform dorsal colour pattern (stripes in C. bottegi) and lack of white ocelli (extensive white ocelli in C. bottegi). (Greenbaum 2005)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Gaston Thierry (1866-1904), who judging by his name, should be French but was an Oberleutnant in the Imperial German Army. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. 2009. Inventaire des reptiles de la région de la Réserve de Biosphère Transfrontalière du W (Niger/Bénin/Burkina Faso: Afrique de l’Ouest). [Herpetological survey of the W Transfrontier Biosphere Reserve area (Niger/Benin/Burkina Faso: West Africa]. Bull. Soc. Herp. France (132): 13-41 - get paper here
  • GREENBAUM, E 2005. Systematics of West African skinks in the Chalcides thierryi group: composition, distribution, and redescription of types. African Journal of Herpetology 54:17–29. - get paper here
  • Greenbaum, E.; Campbell, A.C. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2006. A revision of sub-saharan Chalcides (Squamata: Scincidae) with redescriptions of two East African species. Herpetologica 62 (1): 71-89 - get paper here
  • Joger, U. & Lambert, M.R.K. 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 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1936. African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122 - get paper here
  • Papenfuss, T. J. 1969. Preliminary analysis of the reptiles of arid central West Africa. Wasmann Journal of Biology 27:249—325 - get paper here
  • Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude; Jean-François Trape, Komlan M. Afiademanyo, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Annemarie Ohler, Alain Dubois, Patrick David, Danny Meirte, Isabelle Adolé Glitho, Fabio Petrozzi, and Luca Luiselli 2015. Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation. Zoosystema 37 (2): 381-402 - get paper here
  • Tornier,G. 1901. Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Togo. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1901, Beiheft: 65-88 - 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
 
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