Fogo Island Skink
Chioninia fogoensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
Chioninia fogoensis is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. The species was named by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy in 1874. After revision of the species in 2010 based on molecular evidence, it no longer includes the skinks of São Nicolau, nor of the original type locality Fogo.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Chioninia