Chalcides polylepis BOULENGER, 1890
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Many-scaled Cylindrical Skink, Multiscaled Skink G: Vielschuppiger Walzenskink, Marokko-Walzenskink |
Synonym | Chalcides ocellatus var. polylepis BOULENGER 1890: 445 Chalcides ocellatus polylepis forma guttolineata WERNER 1931 Chalcides ocellatus polylepis — HEDIGER 1935 Chalcides polylepis — LANZA 1957 Chalcides ocellatus forme polylepis — BONS 1959 Chalcides polylepis — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 345 Chalcides polylepis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 |
Distribution | Morocco; Canary Islands (Fuerteventura), Western Sahara Type locality: Morocco, Morocco city, Casablanca. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 89.12.16.79-86, presented by J.G. Fischer; 90.1.25.7-10, Casablanca, Morocco, presented by SMF Holotype: MCZ 31462 [guttolineata] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy: partly fide TIEDEMANN 1994. Chalcides simonyi was originally classified as Ch. polylepis occidentalis (LANZA 1957) but is now considered as a valid species by several authors (BROWN & PERSTANO 1998) based on molecular data. |
Etymology | From Greek “polys” = many, “lepis” = scale; in comparison with Chalcides ocellatus it has more scales around midtrunk. |
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