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Vaillant's Cape Verde Skink
Chioninia vaillantii
Chioninia vaillantii, also known commonly as Vaillant's mabuya or Vaillant's skink, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. There are two recognized subspecies.
From the article Vaillant's mabuya on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Vaillant's mabuya occurs on the islands Fogo and Santiago, and the islet Ilhéu de Cima.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, vaillantii, is in honor of French herpetologist Léon Louis Vaillant.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37988.