Spotted Canary skink
Photorealistic generated fauna reference image.Canarias HistoriaImagen generada por IA; revisar antes de uso científico.

Identification

Scientific name
Chalcides coeruleopunctatus
Family
Scincidae
Endemicity
Canary endemic
Conservation
Pending verification

An island skink of the western islands. BIOTA provides taxonomic validation for Chalcides coeruleopunctatus; the habitat recorded for Canarias Historia is: Arid plains, malpaís lava fields, dry ravines, stony ground and open scrub.

Conservation status pending species-specific verificationLegal protection pending species-specific mapping

Habitat and distribution

Arid plains, malpaís lava fields, dry ravines, stony ground and open scrub.

Taxonomy

taxonID
BIOTA:E10444
scientificName
Chalcides coeruleopunctatus
taxonRank
species
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Scincidae
genus
Chalcides

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