Chalcides
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Not to be confused with chalcogenides.
Chalcides is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae).
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Chalcides | |
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Chalcides ocellatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Scincinae |
Genus: | Chalcides Laurenti, 1768 |
Species | |
About 30, see text. |
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It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae (= Scincidae sensu Hedges 2014), a monophyletic clade of primarily African skinks.