Chioninia stangeri explained

Chioninia stangeri (English common name: Stanger's skink) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.

Geographic range

C. stangeri is found on the islands of São Vicente, Santa Luzia, Ilhéu Branco, and Ilhéu Raso.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. stangeri is shrubland.

Reproduction

C. stangeri is viviparous.

Etymology

The specific name, stangeri, is in honor of English explorer William Stanger.^[1]

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Mabuia stangeri, pp. 157–158 + Plate VI, figures 2, 2a).
• Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Euprepis stangeri, new species, p. 112).

Notes and References

1. Book: Beolens, Bo. Watkins, Michael. Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Chioninia stangeri, p. 251).