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Chioninia coctei (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)

IUCN Red List - Chioninia coctei - Extinct, EX
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cape Verde Giant Skink, Bibron’s Skink 
SynonymGongylus (Euprepes) coctei DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 666
Macroscincus coctei — BOULENGER 1887: 149
Macroscincus coctaei — PERACCA 1891
Macroscincus coctei — MERTENS 1955: 13
Macroscincus coctei — GREER 1976
Macroscincus coctei — BRYGOO 1985: 24
Gongylus coctei — FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 187
Macroscincus coctei — ANDREONE et al. 1998
Chioninia coctei — MIRALLES et al. 2010 
DistributionCape Verde Islands (Branco, Razo)

Type locality: Branco and Razo (fide BOCAGE 1873)  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 8299 (skin only), Coasts of Africa (in error), presented Ajuda Natural History Museum. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1128 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentConservation: apparently extinct; has not been found since 1898 (fide GREER 1976, Chapple et al. 2020, in prep.).

Type Species: Euprepes coctei DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839 is the type species of the genus Macroscincus Bocage, 1873. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Jean Theodore Cocteau (1798-1838), a physician and scientist.  
References
  • ANDREONE, F. 2000. Herpetological observations on Cape Verde: a tribute to the Italian naturalist LEONARDO FEA, with complementary notes on Macroscincus coctei (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839). Herpetozoa 13 (1/2): 15-26 - get paper here
  • Andreone, Franco & Fabio M. Guarino 2003. Giant and long-lived? Age structure in Macroscincus coctei, an extinct skink from Cape Verde. Amphibia-Reptilia 24 (4): 459-470 - get paper here
  • Andreone, Franco; Gavetti, Elena 1998. Some remarkable specimens of the giant Cape Verde skink, Macroscincus coctei (Dumeril & Bibron, 1839), with notes about its distribution and causes of its possible extinction. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (MODENA) 65 (4): 413-421 - get paper here
  • Andreone, Franco; Stefano Mazzotti, Giannantonio Zanata 2010. Collezioni erpetologiche dimenticate? L’esempio del Museo “G. G. Galletti” di Domodossola e del Museo Museo “G. Scarpa” di Treviso. Forgotten herpetological collections? The example of the Museo “G. G. Galletti” of Domodossola and the Museo “G. Scarpa” of Treviso. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 2010 (5): 137-147
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocage, J.V.B. du 1873. Note sur l’habitat et Lesotho charactères du Macroscincus coctei (Euprepes coctei Dum. et Bib.). J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. (16), 1-12 [reprint in J. Zool. 3: 1-15]
  • 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
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • Greer,A.E. 1976. Of the evolution of the giant Cape Verde scincid lizard Macroscincus coctei. Journal of Natural History 10: 691-712 - get paper here
  • Joseph-Ouni, M. 2003. Profiles of extinction #4: Cape Verde Giant Skink. Reptilia (GB) (30): 3 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1955. Die Eidechsen der Kapverden. Soc. Sci. fenn. Comment. biol. 15: 1-16
  • Miralles, A.; Vasconcelos, R.; Perera, A.; Harris, D.J. & Carranza, S. 2010. An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae). Zoologica Scripta 40: 16-44 [2011], DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00453.x - get paper here
  • Peracca, M.G. 1891. Osservazioni suI Macroscincus Coctaei Dum. e Bibr. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 6(107): 1-5 - get paper here
  • Peracca, M.G. 1891. Note erpetologiche III e IV. III. Sulla oviparita del Macroscincus coctaei Dum. e Bibr.; IV. Svernamento della Damonia reevesii Gray allo stato libero. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 6(105): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Pinho CJ, Roca V, Perera A, Sousa A, Bruni M, Miralles A, et al. 2022. Digging in a 120 years-old lunch: What can we learn from collection specimens of extinct species? PLoS ONE 17(7): e0270032 - get paper here
  • Schleich, H. H. 1979. Der Kapverdische Riesenskink, Macroscincus coctei, eine ausgestorbene Echse? NATUR UND MUSEUM (FRANKFURT AM MAIN) 109 (5): 133-138
  • Schleich,H.H. 1982. Letzte Nachforschungen zum Kapverdischen Riesenskink, Macroscincus coctei (D. & B.). Salamandra 18 (1-2): 78-85 - get paper here
 
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