Chalcides boulengeri, also known commonly as Boulenger's feylinia and Boulenger's wedge-snouted skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Maghreb region of North 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. boulengeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides boulengeri Anderson, 1892
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Etymology edit
The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]
Geographic range edit
C. boulengeri is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of C. boulengeri are desert and shrubland.[1]
Reproduction edit
C. boulengeri is viviparous.[2] Litter size is two neonates.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Böhme W, Mateo JA, Joger U, Slimani T, El Mouden EH, Geniez P, Nouira MS (2021). "Chalcides boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T198512A2527846.en. Accessed on 12 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "Chalcides boulengeri Anderson, 1892. The Reptile Database".
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chalcides boulengeri, p. 34).
Further reading edit
- Anderson J (1892). "On a small Collection of Mammals, Reptiles, and Batrachians from Barbary". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 3–24 + Plate I. (Chalcides boulengeri, new species, pp. 17–18 + Plate I, figures 1–3).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
- Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
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