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Chioninia vaillantii, also known commonly as Vaillant's mabuya or Vaillant's skink, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.[2] There are two recognized subspecies.
C. vaillantii is listed as endangered by the IUCN because the species occurs as a very fragmented population, and the quality of its habitat is declining.[1]
Vaillant's mabuya occurs on the islands Fogo and Santiago, and the islet Ilhéu de Cima.[1]
The preferred natural habitat of C. vaillantii is shrubland.[1]
C. vaillantii is viviparous.[2]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Chioninia.
The specific name, vaillantii, is in honor of French herpetologist Léon Louis Vaillant.[3]
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