Chalcides mionecton (BÖTTGER, 1874)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Chalcides mionecton mionecton (BÖTTGER 1874) Chalcides mionecton trifasciatus CHABANAUD 1917
Common Names	E: Morocco Cylindrical Skink G: Marokko-Erzschleiche
Synonym	Seps (Seps) mionecton BÖTTGER 1874: 145 Chalcides mionecton — BOULENGER 1887 Chalcides mionecton mionecton — HEDIGER 1935: 21 Chalcides mionecton mionecton — PASTEUR & BONS 1960 Chalcides atlantis PASTEUR 1962 Chalcides mionecton — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 329 Chalcides mionecton — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Chalcides mionecton trifasciatus CHABANAUD 1917 Chalcides trifasciatus CHABANAUD 1917: 3 Chalcides mionecton trifasciatus — HEDIGER 1935: 21
Distribution	W Morocco (lowlands/atlantic coast) Type locality: Morocco; lecotype locality: Plateau von Schiodma (= Chiadma), Marokko.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Lectotype: SMF 15990 (= 6405b in Boettger, 1893; 6405a in Mertens, 1922), Plateau von Schiodma, Morocco, collected C. von Fritsch & J. Rein, 1872. Designation by Mertens (1967). Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1917.0003-0004 (2 syntypes), Agadir, Morocco, collected Pallary [trifasciatus]
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Etymology	gr. meios = less, necton = swimming (because it swims not as skillfully in the sand as other skinks).
References	Boettger, O. 1874. Reptilien von Marocco und von den canarischen Inseln. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 9: 121-191 [1873] - get paper here 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 Boulenger, G. A. 1889. On the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Morocco by M. Henry Vaucher. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3: 303-307 - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1891. Catalogue of the reptiles and batrachians of Barbary (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), based chiefly upon the notes and collections made in 1880-1884 by M. Fernand Lataste. Tr. Zool. Soc. 13: 93-164 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 Chabanaud, P. 1917. Descriptions d’un lacertilien nouveau du Maroc. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. Paris 23: 3-6 - get paper here Elbahi A, Lawton C, Oubrou W, El Bekkay M, Hermas J, Dugon M 2022. Reptile biodiversity in Souss-Massa National Park: an internationally important hotspot in the Mediterranean region. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e79088 - get paper here Harbig, P. 2002. Der Küsten-Walzenskink Chalcides mionecton trifasciatus CHABANAUD 1917 - Pflege und Nachzucht im Terrarium. Sauria 24 (2): 3-11 - get paper here Hediger, H. 1935. Herpetologische Beobachtungen in Marokko. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 46: 1-49 Laurent, P. 1935. Contribution à la connalssance de la faune des Vertebres du Maroc (Batraciens, Reptiles, Mammiferes). Bull. Soc. d’Hist. nat. de l’Afrique du Nord 26: 344-359 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 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 MOUHAJIR, Kaoutar; FEKHAOUI Mohammed ; BENHOUSSA Abdelaziz; TAMADOUNI Iradati, MATAAME Abderrahmane 2019. Study of Reptilian Species Inventoried In Two Moroccan Atlantic Lagoons: Oualidia and MerjaZerga. Journal of Applied Biological Sciences 13 (2): 31-35 Pasteur,G. 1962. Note sur les sauriens du genre Chalcides (Sincidés). La super-espèce Chalcides mionecton-atlantis. Bull. Soc. Sc. Nat. Maroc. 42: 57-60 Schleich, H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp. Siebenrock, Friedrich 1895. Zur Kenntnis des Rumpfskeletes der Scincoiden, Anguiden und Gerrhosauriden. Annalen des Königlichen Kaiserlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseum in Wien (Wien), 10 (1): 17-41. - get paper here Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here Werner,F. 1931. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Marokko. III. Unternommen 1930 mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien von Franz Werner und Richard Ebner. III. Amphibien und Reptilien. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien Mathem.-Naturw., Sect. 1, 140: 272-318 - get paper here Wilms, T. 2009. Marokko - Schatzkammer in Nordwesten Afrikas. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (75): 16-23 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.moroccoherps.com/el-puente-de-diciembre-de-2022-por-marruecos/ 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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