Chioninia fogoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Mabuyinae
Genus: Chioninia
Species: Chioninia fogoensis

Name

• Chioninia fogoensis (O’Shaughnessy, 1874)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.18.13, collected by Reverend R.T. Lowe. [designated by Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza (2010: 15)]

Type locality: “Cape-Verde Islands. ... from the islands of Fogo and St. Vincent's islands in the Cape-Verde group”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Fogo” by Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza (2010: 15).

Paralectotypes (8): BMNH 1946.8.18.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, and 16, from ‘Fogo’, and BMNH 1946.8.19.53, from ‘St. Vincente’, collected by Rev. R.T. Lowe. [designated by Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza (2010: 15)]

Combinations

• Euprepes fogoensis O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 300 [original combination]
• Mabuia [sic] fogoensis — Boulenger, 1887: 157 [subsequent combination]
• Mabuya fogoensis — Angel, 1935 [subsequent combination]
• Chioninia fogoensis — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 290 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Synonyms

• Mabuya fogoensis antaoensis Schleich, 1987: 22 [synonymized by Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza (2010: 16)]

Holotype: ZSM 23.1982.1.

Type locality: “St. Antão”, Cape Verde Islands.

Paratypes (8): ZSM 23.1982.2 to 23.1982.9.

• Mabuya geisthardti Joger, 1993: 442 [synonymized by Carranza & Arnold (pers. obs.) in Carranza, Arnold, Mateo & López-Jurado (2001: 1595); confirmed by Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza (2010: 16)]

Holotype: HLMW 3274, collected by M. Geisthardt.

Type locality: “Grande da Lagoa, NW of the Cova plateau, 10 km from the east coast of Sto. Antão, at 1200-m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Scincidæ in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 13(76): 298–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680864 BHL Reference page. 
• Schleich, H.H. 1987. Herpetofauna Caboverdiana. Spixiana 12: 1–75. BHL
• Joger, U. 1993. On two collections of reptiles and amphibians from the Cape Verde islands, with descriptions of three new taxa. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 159: 437–444.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chioninia fogoensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 July 2018.
• Vasconcelos, R. & Joger, U. 2013. IUCN: Chioninia fogoensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152448A13152466. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152448A13152466.en

Vernacular names

English: Santo Antão Skink