Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Vaillant's mabuya (Chioninia vaillantii), recorded as Endangered
Vaillant's mabuya (Chioninia vaillantii). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Vaillant's mabuya

Chioninia vaillantii

Vaillant's mabuya is a skink in the family Scincidae — Chioninia vaillantii, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Chioninia vaillantii
Taxonomy
Squamata · Scincidae · Chioninia

Range and habitat

Vaillant's mabuya occurs on the islands Fogo and Santiago, and the islet Ilhéu de Cima. C. Vaillantii usually lives in shrubland. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Most skinks forage in leaf litter or under cover. Burrowing species slip through sand or soil more than they climb.

In crisis

C. Vaillantii is listed as endangered by the IUCN because the species occurs as a very fragmented population, and the quality of its habitat is declining.

Vaillant's mabuya is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Vaillant's mabuya, Wikidata item Q670586. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Vaillant's mabuya?
Vaillant's mabuya is a skink in the family Scincidae — Chioninia vaillantii.
What is the conservation status of Vaillant's mabuya?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Chioninia vaillantii. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Vaillant's mabuya live?
Vaillant's mabuya occurs on the islands Fogo and Santiago, and the islet Ilhéu de Cima.
Why is Vaillant's mabuya in crisis?
C. Vaillantii is listed as endangered by the IUCN because the species occurs as a very fragmented population, and the quality of its habitat is declining.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Chioninia vaillantii?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Vaillant's mabuya a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.