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Chioninia
Genus of lizards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chioninia is a genus of skinks, lizards in the subfamily Lygosominae. For long, this genus was included in the "wastebin taxon" Mabuya. The genus Chioninia contains the Cape Verde mabuyas.[3]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Species ...
Cape Verde mabuyas | |
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Vaillant's mabuya (Chioninia vaillantii) in the Prague Zoo | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Mabuyinae |
Genus: | Chioninia Gray, 1845 |
Species | |
7 species, see text |
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