| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Chalcides sexlineatus sexlineatus STEINDACHNER 1891
Chalcides sexlineatus bistriatus STEINDACHNER 1891 |
| Common Names | E: Gran Canaria Skink |
| Synonym | Chalcides viridanus var. sexlineata STEINDACHNER 1891: 298
Chalcides sexlineatus — BISCHOFF 1985
Chalcides sexlineatus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Chalcides sexlineatus sexlineatus — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020
Chalcides sexlineatus bistriatus STEINDACHNER 1891
Chalcides viridanus var. bistriata STEINDACHNER 1891: 298
Chalcides pallens STEINDACHNER 1891
Chalcides sexlineatus bistriatus — MAYER & TIEDEMANN 1991
Chalcides bistriatus bistriatus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Chalcides bistriatus pallens — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Chalcides sexlineatus bistriatus — CARRANZA et al. 2008
Chalcides sexlineatus bistriatus — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Canary Islands, Gran Canaria (endemic) [Spain]
bistriatus: N Gran Canaria; Type locality: mulitple localities on Gran Canaria (see types).
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| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: NMW 10504: 1-2, NMW 10505:1-3, NMW 10506:1-4, NMW 10507: 1-10, NMW 10508:1,2, NMW 10509
Syntypes: NMW 10496, Santa Brigida, Grand Canary; 10497:1-2, Caldera de Tajeda, Grand Canary; 10498: 1-3, Tafire, S Canary; 10499: 1-3, Arganiguin, S. Spitze of Grand Canary; 10500: 1-4, San Matei, Grand Canary; 10501: 1-3, Tafire, Grand Canary; 10502, Weinbergmauer, near Cima de Guinar, Grand Canary; 10503: 1-2, Caldera de Tirajana, Grand Canary, all collected O. Simony, 1890 [bistriatus] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2227 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Apparently named after the Latin words sex (meaning six) and lineatus (meaning 'of a line'). |
| References |
- Bischoff, W. 1984. Bemerkungen über die endemische Echsenfauna der Kanarischen Inseln. Sauria 6 (2): 5-11 - get paper here
- Bischoff, W. 1985. Die Herpetofauna der Kanarischen Inseln. III. Die Skinke der Gattung Chalcides. Herpetofauna 7 (36): 13-21 - get paper here
- BROWN, R.P. and J. PESTANO 1998. Phylogeography of skinks (Chalcides) in the Canary Islands inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology 7: 1183-1191 - get paper here
- Cano, J., A. Pretel & L.F. Lopez-Jurado 1985. Studies on the Herpetofauna of the Canary Islands. II. The Karyotype of the Lizard, Chalcides sexlineatus Journal of Herpetology 19 (3): 416-417. - 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
- 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 - get paper here
- Harbig, P. 2000. Chalcides sexlineatus STEINDACHNER, 1891. Sauria 22 (3) Suppl.: 481-486 - get paper here
- López-Jurado, L.F. & M. Báez 1985. La variación de Chalcides sexlineatus en la Isla de Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 36: 315-336 - get paper here
- Mayer, W. & Tiedemann, F. 1991. Proteinvariabilität und Taxonomie des Gran Canaria Skinks Chalcides sexlineatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 12 (2): 121-130 - get paper here
- PIQUET, JULIEN C.; BORJA MAESTRESALAS & MARTA LÓPEZ-DARIAS. 2022. Coupling phenotypic changes to extinction and survival in an endemic prey community threatened by an invasive snake. Scientific Reports 12(1): 18249. - get paper here
- Rogner, Manfred 1997. Die Chalcides-Arten der Kanarischen Inseln. DATZ 50 (1): 116-119
- Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
- Speybroeck, Jeroen; Wouter Beukema, Christophe Dufresnes, Uwe Fritz, Daniel Jablonski, Petros Lymberakis, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Edoardo Razzetti, Melita Vamberger, Miguel Vences, Judit Vörös0, Pierre-André Crochet 2020. Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica.. Amphibia-Reptilia 41: 139-189 - get paper here
- Steindachner, F. 1891. Ueber die Reptilien und Batrachier der westlichen und oestlichen Gruppe der Kanarischen Inseln. Ann. K.K. Hofmuseums Wien 6: 287-306 - get paper here
- Suárez, N.M.; Bloor, P.; Brown, R.P. & Pestano, J. 2008. Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Gran Canarian skink (Chalcides sexlineatus) and their applicability in other Canarian Chalcides. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 666–668 - get paper here
- Thorpe, R.S.;Malhotra, A.;Black, H.;Daltry, J.C.;Wuster, W. 1995. Relating geographic pattern to phylogenetic process. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences 349 (1327): 61-68
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