Chioninia nicolauensis (English: São Nicolau skink) is a species of skinks in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde island of São Nicolau.[2][3] Until around 2010, it was treated as a subspecies of Chioninia fogoensis.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chioninia |
| Species: | C. nicolauensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chioninia nicolauensis (Schleich, 1987)
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References edit
- ^ Vasconcelos, R. (2013). "Chioninia nicolauensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13152405A13152412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152405A13152412.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Duméril & Bibron, 1839 : Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5, Roret/Fain andThunot, Paris, 871 pages
- ^ Chioninia nicolauensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 January 2017.
- ^ R. Vasconcelos (2012). "Chioninia nicolauensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
Further reading edit
- Schleich, Herpetofauna caboverdiana (Cape Verdean Herpetofauna). Spixiana Supplement (1987), vol. 12, p. 1-75