Eumeces algeriensis explained

Eumeces algeriensis, commonly called the Algerian skink, Algerian orange-tailed skink, Berber's skink,^[1] in French eumece d'Algérie, or in Spanish bulán, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Maghreb region of North Africa.

Geographic range

E. algeriensis is found in Algeria and Morocco (including the Spanish exclave Melilla).

Habitat

The natural habitats of E. algeriensis are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens.^[2]

Reproduction

E. algeriensis is oviparous.^[2]

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. (Eumeces algeriensis, pp. 384–385).
• Caputo V, Odierna G, Aprea G, Capriglione T (1993). "Eumeces algeriensis - a full species of the Eumeces schneiderii group (Scincidae) - karyological and morphological evidence". Amphibia-Reptilia 14 (2): 187–193.
• Griffith H, Ngo A, Murphy RW (2000). "A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae)". Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 1–16. http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/245.pdf
• Peters W (1864). "Die Eidechsenfamilie der Scincoiden, insbesondere über die Schneider'schen, Wiegmann'schen und neue Arten des zoologischen Museums". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 44–58. (Eumeces pavimentatus var. algeriensis, new species, p. 49). (in German).
• Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz. 627 pp.
• Schmitz, Andreas

Mausfeld, Patrick; Embert, Dirk (2004). "Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications". Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73–89. http://www.naherpetology.org/pdf_files/191.pdf http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/191.pdf

External links

• Picture of Eumeces algeriensis
• Picture of Eumeces schneideri

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Berber's Skink Eumeces algeriensis", p. 23).
2. Geniez P et al. (2009) Eumeces algeriensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 15 April 2015.