Chalcides bottegi, also known commonly as Bottego's cylindrical skink or the ocellated skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to East Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Northeast Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. bottegi
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| Chalcides bottegi Boulenger, 1898
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Etymology edit
The specific name, bottegi, is in honor of Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego.[3]
Geographic range edit
C. bottegi is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Sudan.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of C. bottegi are savanna and forest, at altitudes of 300–500 m (980–1,640 ft).[1]
Description edit
Large for its genus,[2] the holotype of C. bottegi has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12.5 cm (4.9 in) and a regenerated tail.[4]
Behavior edit
C. bottegi is terrestrial, and it is probably diurnal.[1]
Reproduction edit
C. bottegi is viviparous.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Spawls S, Malonza P (2021). "Chalcides bottegi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13152314A13152316.en. Downloaded on 09 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Chalcides bottegi Boulenger, 1898. The Reptile Database".
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chalcides bottegi, p. 33).
- ^ Boulenger (1898).
Further reading edit
- Boulenger GA (1898). "Concluding Report on the late Capt. Bottego's collection of Reptiles and Batrachians from Somaliland and British East Africa". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda [=Second Series] 18: 715–723. + Plates IX–X. (Chalcides bottegi, new species, pp. 719–720 + Plate X, figures 1 & 1a).
- Greenbaum E, Campbell AC, Raxworthy CJ (2006). "A Revision of Sub-Saharan Chalcides (Squamata: Scincidae), with Redescriptions of Two East African Species". Herpetologica 62 (1): 71–89. (Chalcides bottegi, p. 78). (in English, with an abstract in French).
- Neumann O (1905). "Über nordost-afrikanische und arabische Kriektiere. Im Anschluss an Gustav Tornier's vorangehende Abhandlung ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 22 (4): 389–404. (Chalcides bottegi, p. 401). (in German).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Chalcides bottegi, p. 166).
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