Chalcides lanzai PASTEUR, 1967

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Chalcides ocellatus lanzai PASTEUR 1967: 396 Chalcides lanzai — CAPUTO & MELLADO 1992 Chalcides lanzai — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 342 Chalcides montanus lanzai — SCHLÜTER 2004: 45
Distribution	Morocco (Moyen Atlas) Type locality: “plateau de l'Agdal (1850- 1900 m [elevation]) au-dessus de Tioumliline, non loin d'Azrou”
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: ISCM 358 007, male
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Benedetto Lanza (1924-2016), herpetologist at the University of Florence. See Corti 2013 for biographical notes.
References	Bogaerts, Sergé 2006. First data on the reproduction of Lanza’s skink, Chalcides lanzai Pasteur, 1967 Podarcis 7 (1/2): 9-16 - 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 Corti, C. 2013. To Benedetto Lanza, 89 yrs, President of the SEH from 1985 to 1993. Amphibia-Reptilia 34 (3): 295-303 - get paper here 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 Mateo, José A., Philippe Geniez and Jacques Bons 1995. Saurians of the genus Chalcides Laurenti 1768 (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Morocco, I. review and distribution. Revista Española de Herpetologia 9: 7-36 - get paper here Pasteur, G. 1967. Notes sur les sauriens du genre Chalcides (Scincidés). II. Premièr note sur le complexe de Chalcides ocellatus, avec description de Chalcides ocellatus lanzai. Bull. Soc. Sc. Nat. Maroc 47: 395-398 - get paper here Schleich, H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp. Schlüter, U. 2004. Die Herpetofauna des Mittleren Atlas von Marokko. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (45): 42-49 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information 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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