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Occurrence and ecological aspects of the two-fingered skink Chalcides mauritanicus in the Chafarinas Islands in North Africa

José Martín, Roberto García-Roa, Jesús Ortega, Pilar López, Ana Pérez-Cembranos, Alicia León, Luis V. García & Valentín Pérez-Mellado. African Journal of Herpetology. Volume 64, Issue 1, 2015. For the first time, we report the occurrence of an apparently large and well-preserved population of C. mauritanicus on the Chafarinas Islands (NW Africa). In addition, we study some aspects of the morphology and ecology (microhabitat, soil and diet selection) of this skink. Adult females were larger than males but had heads of similar size. Leer más.

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