Chioninia coctei

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 coctei

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).

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]

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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

English: Cape Verde Giant Skink