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Chalcides mauritanicus (Cylindrical Skink; Two-fingered Skink)

Synonyms: Heteromeles mauritanicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Chalcides mauritanicus, or the Two-Fingered Skink, is an African species of skink found in Algeria and Morocco. It occurs in sandy areas and plantations, but cannot exist in severely modified habitats. It also requires good ground cover, but as this is becoming increasingly scarce, the species is declining. The distribution of the species is severely fragmented. Females of the species give birth to live young.
View Wikipedia Record: Chalcides mauritanicus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Chalcides mauritanicus

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Fossorial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Viviparous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Mediterranean woodlands and forests Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Meiri, 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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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