Chalcides delislei

Chalcides delislei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chalcides
Species:	C. delislei
Binomial name
Chalcides delislei (Lataste & Rochebrune, 1876)
Synonyms [2]
Allodactylus de l'Islei Lataste & Rochebrune, 1876 in Lataste, 1876 Chalcides delislei — Boulenger, 1887 Sphenops delislei — Pappenfus, 1969 Chalcides delislei — Carranza et al., 2008

Chalcides delislei, also known commonly as Delisle's wedge-snouted skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to northern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, delislei, is in honor of French anthropologist Fernand Delisle. ^[3]

Geographic range

C. delislei is found in Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Western Sahara. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. delislei are desert and shrubland, at altitudes up to 700 m (2,300 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

C. delislei is diurnal, terrestrial, and fossorial. ^[1]

Diet

C. delislei preys upon small beetles and their larvae. ^[1]

Reproduction

C. delislei is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Wilms, T.; Wagner, P.; Niagate, B.; Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Joger, U.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, E.H. (2013). "Chalcides delislei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T198511A2527728. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T198511A2527728.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Chalcides delislei Lataste & Rochebrune, 1876. The Reptile Database". www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sphenops delislei, p. 69).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. ("Chalcides delislii [sic]", new combination, p. 407).
• Lataste F (1876). "Description d'un genre nouveau et d'une espèce nouvelle de scincoidien saurophthalme ". Journal de Zoologie5: 237–243 + Plate X. ("Allodactylus de l'Islei F. Lataste et Tremeau de Rochebrune", new species). (in French).
• Padial JM (2006). "Commented distributional list of the reptiles of Mauritania (West Africa)". Graellsia62 (2): 159–178. (Sphenops delislei, p. 167). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN   978-88-89504-14-7.
• Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN   978-2709917261. (in French).