''Chalcides ebneri'', also known
commonly as Ebner's cylindrical skink, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Scincidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Morocco
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.
Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''ebneri'', is in honor of
Austrian
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entomologist
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Richard Ebner (1885–1961).
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Chalcides ebneri'', p. 80).]
Conservation status
''C. ebneri'' is only found in two small locations and has not been sighted since 1970. It is threatened by some agricultural practices and habitat loss, and populations presumably continue to decline.
Habitat
''C. ebneri'' is found in rocky areas near grassy ground cover.
Reproduction
The females of ''C. ebneri'' give birth to live young,
by
ovoviviparity
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.
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References
Further reading
* Pasteur G (1981). "A Survey of the Species Groups of the Old World Scincid Genus ''Chalcides'' ". ''Journal of Herpetology'' 15 (1): 1–16. (''Chalcides ebneri'', new combination).
* Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996). ''Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa''. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 630 pp. . (''Chalcides ebneri'', p. 339).
* Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). ''The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia''. (Monographs of the ''Societas Herpetologica Italica''). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .
*Werner F Werner may refer to:
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(1931). "''Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungreise nach Marokko. Unternommen 1930 mit Unterstützing der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien von Franz Werner und Richard Ebner. III. Amphibien und Reptilien'' ". ''Sitzungberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien'' 140: 271-318 + Plates I-IV + Maps I-III. (''Chalcides ocellatus vittatus'' var. ''ebneri'', new variation, p. 296 + Plate II, Figure 8). (in German
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Chalcides
Skinks of Africa
Reptiles of North Africa
Endemic fauna of Morocco
Critically endangered fauna of Africa
Reptiles described in 1931
Taxa named by Franz Werner
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