Chalcides ebneri
| Chalcides ebneri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria/Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. ebneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides ebneri F. Werner, 1931 | |
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Chalcides ebneri, or Ebner's skink, is a species of scincid lizard 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]
References
- ↑ "Chalcides ebneri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 4 Miras JAM, El Mouden H, Pleguezuelos J, Slimani T. (2006). "Chalcides ebneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 May 2014. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is critically endangered.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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).
- 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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