''Chalcides'' is a

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skink Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...

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Scincidae). It is usually placed in the

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(= Scincidae ''sensu'' Hedges 2014), a

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of primarily

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n skinks.

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The following

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are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Chalcides armitagei'' – Armitage's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides bedriagai ''Chalcides bedriagai'', commonly known as Bedriaga's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It usually lives in sandy areas with sparse vegetation and good ground cover. It can al ...

'' – Bedriaga's skink *'' Chalcides bottegi'' – Bottego's cylindrical skink, ocellated skink *'' Chalcides boulengeri'' – Boulenger's feylinia, Boulenger's wedge-snouted skink *'' Chalcides chalcides'' – cylindrical skink, Italian three-toed skink *'' Chalcides coeruleopunctatus'' – La Gomera skink *''

Chalcides colosii ''Chalcides colosii'', also known Common name, commonly as the Riffian skink and Colosi's cylindrical skink, is a moderate-sized species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The species is native to Morocco and some Spain, Spanis ...

'' – Colosi's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides delislei'' – Delisle's wedge-snouted skink *'' Chalcides ebneri'' – Ebner's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides guentheri'' – Günther's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides lanzai ''Chalcides lanzai'', or Lanza's skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco. Taxonomy ''Chalcides lanzai'' has been considered a subspecies of '' Chalcides montanus'' and of '' Chalcides oc ...

'' – Lanza's skink *'' Chalcides levitoni'' – Leviton's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides manueli'' – Manuel's skink *'' Chalcides mauritanicus'' – two-fingered skink *'' Chalcides mertensi'' – Algerian three-toed skink *''

Chalcides minutus ''Chalcides minutus'', or the small three-toed skink, is a species of skink found in northeastern Morocco, northwestern Algeria, and on the Spanish island of Melilla. Recent molecular studies have revealed that ''C. minutus'' could be a composit ...

'' – small three-toed skink *'' Chalcides mionecton'' – Mionecton skink, Morocco cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides montanus'' *''

Chalcides ocellatus ''Chalcides ocellatus'', or the ocellated skink (also known as the eyed skink or gongilo) is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, Lebanon, UAE, Israel, Palestine, and parts of northern Africa.Arikan, ''et al.''"An Investigat ...

'' – eyed skink, gongilo, ocellated skink *'' Chalcides parallelus'' – Chafarinas's skink *'' Chalcides pentadactylus'' – five-fingered skink *'' Chalcides polylepis'' – many-scaled cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides pseudostriatus'' – Moroccan three-toed skink *'' Chalcides pulchellus'' – Mocquard's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides ragazzii'' – Ragazzi's cylindrical skink *'' Chalcides sepsoides'' – wedge-snouted skink *'' Chalcides sexlineatus'' – Gran Canaria skink *'' Chalcides simonyi'' – East Canary skink, Fuerteventura skink *'' Chalcides sphenopsiformis'' – Duméril's wedge-snouted skink *''

Chalcides striatus The western three-toed skink (''Chalcides striatus'') is a species of lizard with tiny legs in the family Scincidae. It is found in the Iberian Peninsula, southern France and parts of northwestern Italy. Its natural habitats are temperate forests ...

'' – western three-toed skink *'' Chalcides thierryi'' – Thierry's cylindrical skink *''

Chalcides viridanus ''Chalcides'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae (= Scincidae ''sensu'' Hedges 2014), a monophyletic clade of primarily African skinks. Species The following species are recognized as bei ...

'' – Canaryan cylindrical skink, East Canary Islands skink, Tenerife skink, West Canary skink ''

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'': In the above list, a

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Chalcides''.

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