Cabo Verde Giant Skink

Chioninia coctei est une espèce éteinte de sauriens de la famille des Scincidae. Répartition Cette espèce était endémique des îles du Cap-Vert. Elle se rencontrait sur les îlots de Branco et de Raso.

The Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei), also called Bibron's skink, Cocteau's skink, and lagarto in Cape Verdean Portuguese, is a recently extinct species of large lizard (skink) that was endemic to some of the Barlavento Islands of Cape Verde before disappearing in the 20th century. Taxonomy The Cape Verde giant skink was first given the specific name Euprepes coctei by French zoologists André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron in 1839. The holotype was a preserved specimen at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, one of five collected in 1784 by João da Silva…

La lisa gigante de Cabo Verde (Chioninia coctei) es una especie extinta de lagarto de la familia Scincidae. Habitó en Islote Blanco y Islote Raso, en el archipiélago de Cabo Verde. Los hallazgos de restos subfósiles demuestran que también habitó las islas Santa Luzia y São Vicente del mismo archipiélago.