Chalcides levitoni

Chalcides levitoni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chalcides
Species:	C. levitoni
Binomial name
Chalcides levitoni G. Pasteur, 1978 [2]

Chalcides levitoni, commonly called Leviton's cylindrical skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Saudi Arabia.

Geographic range

C. levitoni is found in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, levitoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alan E. Leviton (born 1930), who is an expert on the herpetofauna of the Arabian Peninsula. ^[3]

Reproduction

C. levitoni is ovoviviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Sindaco, R. (2012). "Chalcides levitoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T199604A2606143. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199604A2606143.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Species Chalcides levitoni at 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. (Chalcides levitoni, p. 157).

Further reading

• Leviton AE, Anderson SC, Adler K, Minton SA (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. Contributions to Herpetology No. 8. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp.
• Pasteur G (1978). "Notes sur les Sauriens du Genre Chalcides III. Description de Chalcides levitoni n. sp., d'Arabie Saoudite (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Scincidae)". Journal of Herpetology12 (3): 371–372. (Chalcides levitoni, new species). (in French).
• 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.