Summary ⁷

The Western Three-Toed Skink (Chalcides striatus) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found in France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.

Range description ⁸

This species is found in fragmented populations in Portugal and Spain (it appears to be absent from much of eastern Spain), southern France and extreme northwestern Italy (Liguria). It occurs on several islands in northwestern Spain. There is an isolated population near Bordeaux in western France. It can be found from sea level up to 1,800m asl.

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7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcides_striatus
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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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