Chalcides lanzai

Chalcides lanzai
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chalcides
Species:	C. lanzai
Binomial name
	Chalcides lanzai; G. Pasteur, 1967
Synonyms
	Chalcides ocellatus lanzai; G. Pasteur, 1967; Chalcides lanzai; — Caputo & Mellado, 1992; Chalcides montanus lanzai; — Schlüter, 2004;

Last updated September 29, 2025

Chalcides lanzai, or Lanza's skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.^[1]^[2]

Taxonomy

Chalcides lanzai has been considered a subspecies of Chalcides montanus and of Chalcides ocellatus .^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lanzai, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Benedetto Lanza.^[2]^[3]

Habitat

C. lanzai is usually found in forest and grassland areas, and is common in the areas where it can be found.^[1]

Conservation status

C. lanzai is unlikely to be under serious threat, though it has been affected from habitat degradation due to overgrazing.^[1]

Reproduction

Adult females of the species C. lanzai give birth to live young.^[2] Its mode of reproduction has been described as being viviparous ^[1] and as being ovoviviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Miras, J.A.M.; El Mouden, H.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T.; Sindaco, R. (2006). "Chalcides lanzai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 e.T61477A12474952. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61477A12474952.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Chalcides lanzai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.
↑ 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. (Chalcides lanzai, p. 151).

Pasteur G (1967). "Notes sur les sauriens du genre Chalcides (Scincidés). II. Premièr note sur le complexe de Chalcides ocellatus, avec description de Chalcides ocellatus lanzai". Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc47: 395–398. (Chalcides ocellatus lanzai, new subspecies). (in French).

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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Miras, J.A.M.; El Mouden, H.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T.; Sindaco, R. (2006). "Chalcides lanzai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006 e.T61477A12474952. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61477A12474952.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chalcides lanzai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2022.

[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. (Chalcides lanzai, p. 151).

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