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Chioninia spinalis (BOULENGER, 1906)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Mabuyinae (Mabuyini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesChioninia spinalis spinalis (BOULENGER 1906)
Chioninia spinalis boavistensis MIRALLES, VASCONCELOS, PERERA, HARRIS & CARRANZA 2010
Chioninia spinalis maioensis (MERTENS 1955)
Chioninia spinalis salensis (ANGEL 1935)
Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis MIRALLES, VASCONCELOS, PERERA, HARRIS & CARRANZA 2010 
Common Names 
SynonymMabuya spinalis BOULENGER 1906: 204
Mabuya stangeri spinalis — MERTENS 1955: 10
Mabuya stangeri — SCHLEICH 1984 (fide JOGER 1993)
Mabuya stangeri spinalis — SCHLEICH 1987: 30
Mabuya spinalis — GREER et al. 2000
Chioninia spinalis — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Mabuya spinalis — HERMANN et al. 2003

Chioninia spinalis boavistensis MIRALLES, VASCONCELOS, PERERA, HARRIS & CARRANZA 2010
Chioninia spinosa boavistensis — BRETZEL 2018 [in error]

Chioninia spinalis maioensis (MERTENS 1955)
Mabuya stangeri maioensis MERTENS 1955: 11
Mabuya stangeri maioensis — SCHLEICH 1987: 26
Chioninia spinalis maioensis — VASCONCELOS et al. 2013

Chioninia spinalis salensis (ANGEL 1935)
Mabuia salensis ANGEL 1935: 168
Mabuya stangeri salensis — MERTENS 1955: 11 (part.)
Mabuya stangeri salensis — SCHLEICH 1982 (part.)
Mabuia salensis — BRYGOO 1985
Mabuya stangeri salensis — SCHLEICH 1987: 28 (part.)
Mabuya salensis — BREHM et al. 2001
Mabuya spinalis salensis — MAUSFELD et al. 2002
Chioninia spinalis salensis — KÖHLER et al. 2007
Chioninia spinalis salensis — MIRALLES et al. 2010
Chioninia spinalis salensis — VASCONCELOS et al. 2013

Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis MIRALLES et al. 2010
Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis — VASCONCELOS et al. 2013 
DistributionCape Verde Islands (Sal Island)

boavistensis: Cape Verde Islands (Boavista); Type locality: Sal Rei, Boavista, Cape Verde Islands.

maioensis: Cape Verde Islands (Maio); Type locality: “Maio, Kapverden”

spinalis: Type locality: “Igreya und S. Filippe, Fogo, Kapverden” fide Mertens 1955.

salensis: Cape Verde Islands (Sal); Type locality: “Ile Sal”

santiagoensis: Cape Verde Islands (Santiago); Type locality: Ilhéu, Santa Maria, off Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde Is.,  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1906.3.30.40, Igreja, Fogo, Cape Verde Is., collected L. Fea. Designation by Miralles et al. (2010). Paralectotype: MSNG 28168.
Holotype: BMNH 2000-44, Unsexed adult, Mateo & Geniez (1997) [boavistensis]
Holotype: MZH (Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki), given as Naturhistoriska Museet, Helsingfors, number unknown, Maio, Cape Verde Is., collected Panelius, 3.ii.1954 [maioensis]
Holotype: MNHN-RA 1935.0197 (by original designation); paratype: MNHN-RA 1935.0198, Île de Sal, Cape Verde Is., collected Chevalier, 1934 [salensis]
Holotype: BMNH 2000- 37, Adult female, Mateo & Geniez (1997). Paratypes: BMNH 2000-35, 36, 38; ULPGC (also as DBULPGC) 115; MZB 2010-0979, 2010-0962 to MZB [santiagoensis] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1628 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentMabuya spinalis has been considered as a synonym of Mabuya stangeri (Gray 1845). JOGER 1993 reassigned species status to M. spinalis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin spinalis, anything related to the spine or backbone; also, thorny, spiny. ["... Nuchal and dorsal scales strongly tricarinate…"]. 
References
  • Angel, F. 1935. Lézards des iles du Cap Vert, rapportés par M. le Professeur Chevalier. Description de deux espècies nouvelles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 7:165—169
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. Genova (3) 2: 196-216 - get paper here
  • Brehm, A.; J. Jesus; M. Pinheiro and D. J. Harris 2001. Relationships of Scincid Lizards (Mabuya spp; Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Cape Verde Islands Based on Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19 (2): 311–316 - get paper here
  • Bretzel, Joachim 2018. Die Kapverden – ein herpetologischer Reisebericht. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (6): 48-58 - get paper here
  • Capocaccia, L. 1961. Catalogo dei tipi di Rettili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova [MSNG]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 72: 86-111 - get paper here
  • Greer, A.E., Arnold, C. & Arnold, E.N. 2000. The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya. Amphibia-Reptilia 21 (1): 121-126 - get paper here
  • Herrmann, R.; Siegel, A.; Barts, M. 2003. Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf der Kapverden-Insel Boavista. Sauria 25 (2): 17-21 (Erratum in 25 [3]: 20) - get paper here
  • Joger U 1993. On two collections of reptiles and amphibians from the Cape Verde Islands, with descriptions of three new taxa. COURIER FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT SENCKENBERG 159: 437-444
  • Köhler, G.; Hertz, A.; Sunyer, J.; Seipp, R. & Monteiro, A. 2007. Herpetologische Forschungen auf den Kapverden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kapverdischen Riesenskinks, Macroscincus coctei. Elaphe 15 (4): 62-66
  • Mausfeld, Patrick; Andreas SCHMITZ; Wolfgang BÖHME; Bernhard MISOF; Davor VRCIBRADIC; Carlos Frederico Duarte ROCHA 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zool. Anz. 241: 281–293 - 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
 
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