Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Scincidae > Chalcides > Chalcides mertensiChalcides mertensi (Algerian Cylindrical Skink)The Algerian three-toed skink or seps tridactyle de l'Algerie (Chalcides mertensi) is a species of skink. It is native to Algeria and Tunisia, where it occurs on the Mediterranean coast. This skink lives in forests and dry Mediterranean habitat types where there is dense vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss. The female gives birth to live young. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 22 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 1 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 32 grams |  | | Habitat Substrate [2] | Terrestrial | | | Litter Size [1] | 7 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 14 years | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 5 inches (13 cm) |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Appenine deciduous montane forests |
Italy |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests |
Italy, France |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets |
Morocco, Spain |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe |
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mediterranean woodlands and forests |
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Po Basin mixed forests |
Italy |
Palearctic |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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South Appenine mixed montane forests |
Italy |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests |
France, Italy |
Palearctic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Alburni |
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62686 |
Italy |
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Bardello |
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245 |
Italy |
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Bocca Serriola |
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3227 |
Italy |
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Boschi e Sorgenti della Baronia |
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8594 |
Italy |
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Bosco della Mesola, Bosco Panfilia, Bosco di Santa Giustina, Valle Falce, La Goara |
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3862 |
Italy |
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Bosco Pantano di Policoro e Costa Ionica Foce Sinni |
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2100 |
Italy |
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CABO DE GATA-NIJAR |
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122347 |
Spain |
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Capanne di Marcarolo |
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23604 |
Italy |
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Complesso di Monterufoli |
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12437 |
Italy |
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Contrafforte Pliocenico |
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6494 |
Italy |
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Costa di Cuglieri |
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7050 |
Italy |
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Costa e Entroterra di Bosa, Suni e Montresta |
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20302 |
Italy |
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Crinale dellAppennino parmense |
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13047 |
Italy |
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Foresta Gallipoli - Cognato |
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10500 |
Italy |
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Foret Domaniale du Circeo State Nature Reserve |
IV |
4785 |
Italy |
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Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa |
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10616 |
Italy |
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Lago di Conza della Campania |
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3000 |
Italy |
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Litorale di Gallipoli e Isola S. Andrea |
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17312 |
Italy |
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Luberon Regional Nature Park |
V |
406572 |
France |
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Massiccio del Monte Eremita |
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26119 |
Italy |
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Monte Acuto, Alpe di Succiso |
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8041 |
Italy |
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Monte Cervati e dintorni |
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91212 |
Italy |
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Monte dei Sette Fratelli |
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99969 |
Italy |
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Monti del Gennargentu |
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110493 |
Italy |
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Monti Soprano, Vesole e Gole del Fiume Calore Salernitano |
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14762 |
Italy |
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Ortazzo, Ortazzino, Foce del Torrente Bevano |
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3104 |
Italy |
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Palawan Biosphere Reserve |
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2843689 |
Philippines |
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Parco Del Cilento e Vallo de Diano National Park |
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551095 |
Italy |
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Paul do Boquilobo Biosphere Reserve Nature Reserve |
IV |
1352 |
Portugal |
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Piana di Ozieri, Mores, Ardara, Tula e Oschiri |
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52082 |
Italy |
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Picentini |
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157557 |
Italy |
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Pineta di Classe |
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2674 |
Italy |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Doñana Biosphere Reserve |
II |
123801 |
Spain |
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Reserva de la Biosfera de Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve |
V |
1777 |
Spain |
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SIERRA PELADA Y RIVERA DEL ASERRADOR |
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30407 |
Spain |
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Stagni di Colostrai |
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4707 |
Italy |
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Stagni e Saline di Punta della Contessa |
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7062 |
Italy |
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Vena del Gesso Romagnola |
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13690 |
Italy |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Mediterranean Basin |
Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj ♦ 3Prey and prey-size selection by the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) during the breeding season in Granada (south-eastern Spain), José M. Gil, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, J. Zool., Lond. (2001) 255, 131-137 ♦ 4Geographic variation in the diet composition of a secretive Mediterranean colubrid snake: Coronella girondica from Spain and Italy, Luca Luiselli, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Massimo Capula, Carmen Villafranca, Ital. J. Zool., 68: 57-60 (2001) Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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