''Chioninia spinalis'' is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the

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Islands, and has been found on the islands of

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, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo and several smaller islets.

Subspecies

There are five

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: * ''Chioninia spinalis boavistensis''

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, Vasconcelos,

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, Harris & Carranza, 2010 * ''Chioninia spinalis maioensis'' (

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, 1955) * ''Chioninia spinalis salensis'' ( Angel, 1935) * ''Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis''

, Vasconcelos,

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, 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

References

spinalis The spinalis is a portion of the erector spinae, a bundle of muscles and tendons, located nearest to the spine. It is divided into three parts: Spinalis dorsi, spinalis cervicis, and spinalis capitis. Spinalis dorsi Spinalis dorsi, the medial co ...

Endemic vertebrates of Cape Verde Reptiles described in 1906 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Fauna of Boa Vista, Cape Verde Fauna of Maio, Cape Verde Fauna of Sal, Cape Verde Fauna of Santiago, Cape Verde {{Lygosominae-stub