Chalcides levitoni

Chalcides levitoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae
Genus:	Chalcides
Species:	C. levitoni
Binomial name
Chalcides levitoni G. Pasteur, 1978[1]

Chalcides levitoni, commonly called Leviton's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard endemic to Saudi Arabia (Jizan Province).^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, levitoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alan E. Leviton (born 1930), who is an expert on the herpetofauna of the Arabian Peninsula.^[2]

References

1. "Chalcides levitoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org .
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chalcides levitoni, pp. 156-157).

Further reading

• Pasteur G. 1978. "Notes sur les Sauriens du Genre Chalcides III. Description de Chalcides levitoni n. sp., d'Arabie Saoudite (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Scincidae)". Journal of Herpetology 12 (3): 371-372. (Chalcides levitoni, new species). (in French).