Chalcides ragazzii, commonly called Ragazzi's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Africa.

Chalcides ragazzii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species:
C. ragazzii
Binomial name
Chalcides ragazzii
Boulenger, 1890
Synonyms[1]
  • Chalcides ocellatus Var. ragazzii
    Boulenger, 1890
  • Chalcides ocellatus ragazzii
    Mertens, 1921
  • Chalcides ragazzii
    G. Pasteur, 1981

Geographic range

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C. ragazzii is found from Algeria (Ahaggar Mountains), Niger, northern Somalia and northern Kenya, to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and south-eastern Sahara.[1]

Description

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C. ragazzii is a large, pentadactyl skink (that is, it has five digits on each limb).[1]

Reproduction

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C. ragazzii is viviparous.[1]

Etymology

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The specific name, ragazzii, is in honor of the collector of the holotype, Italian physician Dr. Vincenzo Ragazzi (1856–1929) of the Modena Natural History Society.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Species Chalcides ragazzii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ 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 ragazzii, p. 216).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1890). "On the Varieties of Chalcides ocellatus, Forsk." Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 5: 444–445. (Chalcides ocellatus Var. Ragazzii, new variety, p. 444).