Chalcides ebneri

Chalcides ebneri, or Ebner's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.[1]

Chalcides ebneri
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chalcides
Species:	C. ebneri
Binomial name
Chalcides ebneri F. Werner, 1931
Synonyms[2]
Chalcides ocellatus vittatus var. ebneri F. Werner, 1931 Chalcides ebneri — G. Pasteur, 1981

Etymology

The specific name, ebneri, is in honor of Austrian entomologist Richard Ebner (1885–1961).[3]

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.[1]

Habitat

C. ebneri is found in rocky areas near grassy ground cover.[1]

Reproduction

The females of C. ebneri give birth to live young.[1]

References

1. Miras JA, El Mouden H, Pleguezuelos J, Slimani T (2006). "Chalcides ebneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61475A12474421. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61475A12474421.en. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is critically endangered.
2. "Chalcides ebneri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chalcides ebneri, p. 80).

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).
• Werner F (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).