Chalcides simonyi

Chalcides simonyi is a species of skink in the family Scincidae.

Chalcides simonyi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chalcides
Species:	C. simonyi
Binomial name
Chalcides simonyi Steindachner, 1891
Synonyms[1][2]
Chalcides viridanus Gravenhorst, 1851 Chalcides polylepis simonyi Steindachner, 1891 Chalcides polylepis occidentalis Steindachner, 1900

Etymology

The specific name, simonyi, is in honor of Viennese naturalist Oskar Simonyi (1852–1915).[3]

Geographic range

C. simonyi is found only on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of C. simonyi are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rocky areas, pastureland, and urban areas.[1]

References

1. Miras JAM, Pérez-Mellado V (2005). Chalcides simonyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
2. "Chalcides viridanus ". 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 simonyi, p. 244).

Further reading

• Steindachner F (1891). "Ueber die Reptilien und Batrachier der westlichen und östlichen Gruppe der canarischen Inseln ". Ann. K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien 6: 287–306. (Chalcides simonyi, new species, pp. 299–300). (in German).