The Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei), also called Bibron's skink, Cocteau's skink, and lagarto in Cape Verdean Portuguese, is a recently extinct...

Guadeloupe ameiva (Pholidoscelis cineraceus) Martinique giant ameiva (Ameiva major) Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei) Contomastix charrua Navassa rhinoceros...

projected to weigh up to 20 t (44,000 lb). The Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei) was a very large skink that grew up to a snout-vent length of 32 cm...

extinct Cape Verde giant skink (Macroscincus coctei) on Ilhéu Raso, giant gecko (Tarentola gigas) on Raso and Branco islands, Mabuya skinks (6 species)...

cats, rats, pigs), many giant as well as other island endemics have become extinct (e.g. the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, giant flightless pigeons related...

Cape Verde (formally, the Republic of Cabo Verde) is a group of arid Atlantic islands which are home to distinct communities of plants, birds, and reptiles...

island. Endemic species include the Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei) on Raso and Branco islands, and the Giant wall gecko (Tarentola gigas) found...

two islands where the extinct Cape Verde giant skink has been recorded. The giant wall gecko (Tarentola gigas) and a skink (Mabuya stangeri) still occur...

island are rough throughout the year, making access difficult. The Cape Verde giant skink, which only occurred on Branco and Raso, has not been seen since...

Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Cape Verde giant skink - extinct Chioninia delalandii (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Delalande's skink Chioninia fogoensis (O'Shaughnessy...

Copeoglossum redondae Mauritian giant skink (Leiolopisma mauritiana) Cape Verde giant skink (Macroscincus coctei) Tonga ground skink (Tachygyia microlepis) Family...

the Awakusu Group. Celty's red bag is revealed to contain a rare Cape Verde giant skink, while Izaya shows up with the red bag of money, which he took from...

Certain skinks; the Solomon Islands skink is exclusively herbivorous. King's skink is also primarily a herbivore. The extinct Cape Verde giant skink was herbivorous...

Maderia (part of Portugal), the Canary Islands (part of Spain), and Cape Verde (an independent country). Numerous animal species have disappeared from...

on a tree with defensive spines Restoration of a saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise herd Living dodo depicted c. 1625 Hadropithecus restoration Elephant...

female Irish elk cave art from Cougnac. Tracing of a petroglyph representing giant long-horned buffalo from North Africa. Representation of the Egyptian god...

Habitat". Theanimalfacts.com. "Giant Solomon Island Skink". Hoglezoo.org. Australian Museum 2000. "Blue-tongued skink size". Reptileschool.com. 22 March...

Tenerife giant lizard, Gallotia goliath EX Tenerife speckled lizard, Gallotia intermedia CR East Canary skink, Chalcides simonyi EN Gran Canaria skink, Chalcides...

four-fingered skinks Cryptoblepharus – snake-eyed skinks, shining-skinks Emoia – emoias Eugongylus – mastiff skinks, short-legged giant skinks Lampropholis...

Sovereign states Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo...

for passengers travelling to West Africa (Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Cape Verde, among others), and to the Atlantic Isles of Madeira and the Azores. It...

Lacertidae (Nucras, Lacerta, Mesalina, Acanthodactylus, Pedioplanis), Agamas, skinks, plated lizards and some monitor lizards are common. There are 12 genera...

Atlantic Islands Bermuda, Azores, Madeira Group, Canary Islands and Cape Verdes. Hilary Keatinge, Royal Cruising Club. Pilotage Foundation (Sixth ed...

Portuguese is also spoken by migrants from the Azores, Madeira, and the Cape Verde Islands and their descendants. Christianity is the largest religion on...

obscurum obsoletus L obsolete, degenerate Pantherophis obsoletus; Great Plains skink, Plestiodon obsoletus obsoletus – obsoletum occidentalis L western eastern...

Wildlife include black bear, coyote, raccoon, mountain kingsnake, Gilbert's skink, white-headed woodpecker, bobcat, river otter, gray fox, red fox, brown...

species found there. The other lizard groups on Madagascar are the geckoes, skinks, girdle-tailed lizards and iguanids. Over 60 different snakes occur on the...

formalized these twinning: Rabat, Morocco Ekaterinburg, Russia Praia, Cape Verde Vigo, Spain Gdańsk, Poland Genoa, Italy Martinsicuro, Italy Jalisco, Mexico...

Iguana) Lampropholis delicata (delicate skink) Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) Phelsuma grandis (Madagascar giant day gecko) Phelsuma guimbeaui (Mauritius...

(2012). "Variations on a bauplan: description of a new Malagasy "mermaid skink" with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae, Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida...