Chioninia spinalis

Chioninia spinalis is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands, and has been found on the islands of Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and several smaller islets.^[1][2]

Chioninia spinalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chioninia
Species:	C. spinalis
Binomial name
Chioninia spinalis (Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms
Mabuya spinalis Boulenger, 1906 Mabuia salensis Angel, 1935 Mabuya stangeri maioensis Mertens, 1955

Subspecies

There are five subspecies:^[2]

• Chioninia spinalis boavistensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza, 2010^[3]
• Chioninia spinalis maioensis (Mertens, 1955)
• Chioninia spinalis salensis (Angel, 1935)
• Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza, 2010^[3]
• Chioninia spinalis spinalis (Boulenger, 1906)

Publications

• Angel, 1935 : Lézards des Îles du Cap Vert, rapportés par M. le Professeur Chevalier. Description de espèces nouvelles (Lizards of the Cape Verde Islands). Bulletin by the Museum of Natural History, Paris, series 2, vol. VII p. 165-169
• Boulenger, 1906 : Report on the reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa. Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Annals of the Genoa Civic Museum of Natural History), series 3, vol. II, p. 196-216
• Mertens, 1955 : Die Eidechsen der Kapverden. Commentationes biologicae, vol. 15, no. 15, p. 1-16