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Chioninia coctei (Cape Verde Giant Skink, Bibron’s Skink; Cape Verde Giant Skink, Bibron’s Skink)

Synonyms: Charactodon coctei; Euprepes coctei; Gongylus coctei; Macroscincus coctaei; Macroscincus coctei

Wikipedia Abstract

Macroscincus coctei, also called the Cape Verde giant skink, lagarto, or Cocteau's skink, is a species of lizard, a reptile that was at one time known to inhabit the islets of Branco and Raso in the Cape Verde islands of the Atlantic Ocean, rendered deserts by human-caused habitat destruction. No Macroscincus coctei has been observed since early in the 20th century.
View Wikipedia Record: Chioninia coctei

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Chioninia coctei

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Terrestrial
Maximum Longevity [2]  9 years
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

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
♦ 2Nathan 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
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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