Chalcides ragazzii

Chalcides ragazzii
Ragazzi's Cylindrical Skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Chalcides
Species: C. ragazzii
Binomial name
Chalcides ragazzii
Boulenger, 1890

The Ragazzi's Cylindrical Skink, (Chalcides ragazzii) is a large, pentadactyl (that is, it has five digits on each limb) species of skink. It lives from Algeria (Ahaggar Mountains), Niger, northern Somalia and northern Kenya to Ethiopia, Eritrea, and south-eastern Sahara. It was named after the collector of the holotype, Dr. V. Ragazzi.

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