The skink genus Chioninia belongs to the subfamily Lygosominae. For long, this genus was included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya; it contains the Cape Verde mabuyas.
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