Chalcides thierryi, commonly known as Thierry's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is indigenous to West 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. thierryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides thierryi Tornier, 1901
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Etymology edit
The specific name, thierryi, is in honor of German military officer Gaston Thierry, who served in Togo.[3]
Geographic range edit
Chalcides thierryi is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo.[2]
Habitat edit
Reproduction edit
C. thierryi is viviparous.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Wilms, T.; Segniagbeto, G.; Wagner, P. (2013). "Chalcides thierryi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152348A13152353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152348A13152353.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Chalcides thierryi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 thierryi, p. 264).
Further reading edit
- Greenbaum E (2005). "Systematics of West African skinks in the Chalcides thierryi group: Composition, distribution, and redescription of types". African Journal of Herpetology 54 (1): 17–29.
- Joger U, Lambert MRK (2002). "Inventory of amphibians and reptiles in SE Senegal, including the Niokola-Koba National Park, with observations of factors influencing diversity". Tropical Zoology 15 (2): 165–185. (Chalcides thierryi, new status as a species).
- Loveridge A (1936). "African Reptiles and Amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History". Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 22 (1): 1–122. (Chalcides bottegi thierryi, new status as a subspecies, p. 74).
- Tornier G (1901). "Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Togo". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1901 (supplement): 65–88. (Chalcides bottegi var. thierryi, new variety, p. 87). (in German).
- 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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