Chalcides ragazzii
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Chalcides ragazzii Boulenger, 1890 |
The Ragazzi's Cylindrical Skink, (Chalcides ragazzii) is a large, pentadactyl (that is, it has five digits on each limb) species of skink. It lives from Algeria (Ahaggar Mountains), Niger, northern Somalia and northern Kenya to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and south-eastern Sahara. It was named after the collector of the holotype, dr. V. Ragazzi.
[edit] References
- Chalcides ragazzii. The Reptile Database. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.