Delalande's skink

Chioninia delalandii (English: Delalande's skink) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.^[1][2]

Delalande's skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Superfamily:	Lygosomoidea
Family:	Mabuyidae
Genus:	Chioninia
Species:	C. delalandii
Binomial name
Chioninia delalandii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms[2]
Euprepes delalandii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839[3] Mabuia delalandii — Boulenger, 1887 Mabuya delalandii — Joger, 1993 Chioninia delalandii — Mausfeld et al., 2002

Etymology

The species is named after French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande.^[4]