Chalcides mauritanicus, or the two-fingered skink, is an African species of skink found in Algeria and Morocco. It occurs in sandy areas and plantations, but cannot exist in severely modified habitats. It also requires good ground cover, but as this is becoming increasingly scarce, the species is declining. The distribution of the species is severely fragmented. Females of the species give birth to live young.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. mauritanicus
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| Chalcides mauritanicus | |
References
edit- ^ Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Ulrich Joger, Juan Pleguezuelos, Tahar Slimani, El Hassan El Mouden, Philippe Geniez, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Chalcides mauritanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61479A12475632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61479A12475632.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Martín, José; García-Roa, Roberto; Ortega, Jesús; López, Pilar; Pérez-Cembranos, Ana; León, Alicia; García, Luis V.; Pérez-Mellado, Valentín (2015). "Occurrence and ecological aspects of the two-fingered skink Chalcides mauritanicus in the Chafarinas Islands in North Africa". African Journal of Herpetology. 64 (1): 67–79. Bibcode:2015AfJH...64...67M. doi:10.1080/21564574.2015.1034792. S2CID 54589675.
- Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Ulrich Joger, Juan Pleguezuelos, Tahar Slimani, El Hassan El Mouden, Philippe Geniez, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Chalcides mauritanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61479A12475632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61479A12475632.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is endangered - Pasteur, G. 1981. A survey of the species groups of the old world scincid genus Chalcides. Journal of Herpetology 15(1): 1–16
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