- Algerian Orange-Tailed Skink
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Algerian Orange-Tailed Skink Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Eumeces Species: E. algeriensis Binomial name Eumeces algeriensis
Peters, 1864The Algerian Orange-Tailed Skink, Eumece D'Algerie, or Bulán (Eumeces algeriensis) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found in Algeria and Morocco (including the Spanish exclave Melilla). Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens.
References
- Geniez, P., Miras, J.A.M., Joger, U., Pleguezuelos, J., Slimani, T. & El Mouden, H., 2005. Eumeces algeriensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
Further reading
- Caputo V. Odierna G. Aprea G. Capriglione T. 1993 Eumeces algeriensis - a full species of the Eumeces schneiderii group (Scincidae) - karyological and morphological evidence. Amphibia-Reptilia 14 (2): 187-193
- Griffith, H., A. Ngo & R. W. Murphy 2000 A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 1-16 [1]
- Schleich,H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp.
- Schmitz, Andreas; Patrick Mausfeld and Dirk Embert. 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28 (1-2): 73 – 89 [2] [3]
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