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Colosi's Cylindrical Skink
Chalcides colosii Lanza, 1957
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Chalcides colosii distribution map.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Chalcides colosii, also known commonly as the Riffian skink and Colosi's cylindrical skink, is a moderate-sized species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Morocco and some Spanish territories in northwestern Africa. It is named after Giuseppe Colosi, former director of the Zoological Institute of the University of Florence. It has been considered a subspecies of Chalcides ocellatus. The females of the species give birth to live young.
Wikipedia contributors, Chalcides colosii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:36:29.671993+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Chalcides colosii Lanza, 1957
- Name authority
- Lanza, 1957
- Common name
- Colosi's Cylindrical Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Chalcides
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyScincinae
- genusChalcides
- speciesChalcides colosii Lanza, 1957
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Chalcides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Chalcides pentadactylus (Beddome, 1870) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duméril's Wedge-snouted SkinkChalcides sphenopsiformis (Duméril, 1856) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ocellated (Bronze) SkinkChalcides ocellatus (Forskål, 1775) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Armitage's Cylindrical SkinkChalcides armitagei Boulenger, 1922 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spanish Cylindrical SkinkChalcides bedriagai (Bosca, 1880) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ocellated skinkChalcides bottegi Boulenger, 1898 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's FeyliniaChalcides boulengeri Anderson, 1892 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cylindrical SkinkChalcides chalcides (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ebner's Cylindrical SkinkChalcides ebneri Werner, 1931 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Günther's Cylindrical SkinkChalcides guentheri Boulenger, 1887 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chalcides lanzai Pasteur, 1967 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leviton's Cylindrical SkinkChalcides levitoni Pasteur, 1978 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chalcides ocellatus var. vittatus Boulenger, 1890 Boulenger, 1890 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Chalcides&species=colosii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:TFQK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.