Gran Canaria skink

An endemic skink of Gran Canaria.

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

Identification

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

An endemic skink of Gran Canaria. BIOTA provides taxonomic validation for Chalcides sexlineatus; 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:V00158
scientificName
Chalcides sexlineatus
taxonRank
species
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Scincidae
genus
Chalcides

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