Biology:Chalcides ebneri

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Chalcides ebneri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species:
C. ebneri
Binomial name
Chalcides ebneri
F. Werner, 1931
Chalcides ebneri distribution.png
Synonyms[1]
  • Chalcides ocellatus vittatus var. ebneri
    F. Werner, 1931
  • Chalcides ebneri
    — G. Pasteur, 1981

Chalcides ebneri, also known commonly as Ebner's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ebneri, is in honor of Austrian entomologist Richard Ebner (1885–1961).[3]

Conservation status

C. ebneri is only found in two small locations and has not been sighted since 1970. It is threatened by some agricultural practices and habitat loss, and populations presumably continue to decline.[2]

Habitat

C. ebneri is found in rocky areas near grassy ground cover.[2]

Reproduction

The females of C. ebneri give birth to live young,[2] by ovoviviparity.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Species Chalcides ebneri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 20 November 2021
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chalcides ebneri, p. 80).

Further reading

  • Pasteur G (1981). "A Survey of the Species Groups of the Old World Scincid Genus Chalcides ". Journal of Herpetology 15 (1): 1–16. (Chalcides ebneri, new combination).
  • Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 630 pp. ISBN:978-3874293778. (Chalcides ebneri, p. 339).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN:978-88-89504-14-7.
  • Werner F (1931). "Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungreise nach Marokko. Unternommen 1930 mit Unterstützing der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien von Franz Werner und Richard Ebner. III. Amphibien und Reptilien ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 140: 271-318 + Plates I-IV + Maps I-III. (Chalcides ocellatus vittatus var. ebneri, new variation, p. 296 + Plate II, Figure 8). (in German).


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