Chioninia coctei

Chioninia coctei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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

Name

• Chioninia coctei (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.8299, collected by João da Silva Feijó on 1784.

Type locality: “côtes d'Afrique” (in error), corrected to “Îlot Branco” by Bocage (1873).

Combinations

• Gongylus (Euprepes) coctei Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 666 [original combination]
• Macroscincus coctei — Bocage, 1873: 302 [subsequent combination]
• Charactodon coctei — Troschel, 1874: 225 [subsequent combination]
• Chioninia coctei — Mausfeld et al., 2002: 290 [subsequent combination, by implication]

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Chioninia coctei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 November 2018.
• Vasconcelos, R. 2013. IUCN: Chioninia coctei  (Extinct). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152363A13152374. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152363A13152374.en

Vernacular names

• English: Cape Verde Giant Skink