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Sexual dimorphism in the African legless skink subfamily Acontiinae (Reptilia: Scincidae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: N.J.L. Heideman --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa S.R. Daniels --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South Africa P.L. Mashinini --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M.E. Mokone --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M.L. Thibedi --- Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa M.G.J. Hendricke --- Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, South Africa B.A. Wilson --- Western Cape Education Department, South Africa R.M. Douglas --- National Museum, South AfricaThe extent to which sexual dimorphism in snout–vent length, tail length and head shape (length, width and height) manifests itself in the legless fossorial skink subfamily Acontiinae was investigated in representatives of all four of its genera, Acontias, Microacontias, Acontophiops... -
Occurrence and ecological aspects of the two-fingered skink Chalcides mauritanicus in the Chafarinas Islands in North Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: José Martín --- , , Spain Roberto García-Roa --- , , Spain Jesús Ortega --- , , Spain Pilar López --- , , Spain Ana Pérez-Cembranos --- , , Spain Alicia León --- , , Spain Luis V. García --- , , Spain Valentín Pérez-Mellado --- , , SpainThe two-fingered skink, Chalcides mauritanicus, is a fossorial species from North Africa, where it has only been found at a few localities on sandy sea shores. Virtually nothing is known about its ecology. For the first time, we report the... -
A new species of Scolecoseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from coastal north-eastern Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Luke Verburgt --- , , South Africa Ursula K. Verburgt --- , , South Africa William R. Branch --- , South AfricaSeven specimens of Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920 from the vicinity of Palma on the north coast of Mozambique are compared morphologically with other known material of this genus. The new material can be distinguished morphologically from all other Scolecoseps by the... -
Diet selection by the threatened Chafarinas' skink Chalcides parallelus in North Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Emilio Civantos --- , , Spain Jesús Ortega --- , , Spain Pilar López --- , , Spain Ana Pérez-Cembranos --- , , Spain Valentín Pérez-Mellado --- , , Spain José Martín --- , , SpainStudies of diet suggest that skinks are opportunistic predators. However, there is little information on actual diet preferences because most studies do not evaluate the availability of prey in the environment. We analysed the diet selection of a population of...