Global conservation status: endangered (Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2)

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  • English
    • Cylindrical Skink
    • Two-fingered Skink
  • Scientific names
    • Chalcides mauritanicus
    • Heteromeles mauritanicus
  • Unknown
    • Cylindrical Skink

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Description from Wikipedia

Chalcides mauritanicus, or the Two-Fingered Skink, is an African species of skink found in Algeria and Morocco. It occurs in sandy areas and plantations, but cannot exist in severely modified habitats. It also requires good ground cover, but as this is becoming increasingly scarce, the species is declining. The distribution of the species is severely fragmented. Females of the species give birth to live young.

Source: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data. Downloaded March 2011.