Armitage’s skink
Chalcides armitagei Boulenger, 1922
Status not recordedlizards
The armitage’s skink (Chalcides armitagei) is a species in the family Scincidae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the armitage’s skink
- Weight
- up to 8.57 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 12 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the armitage’s skink live?
Not recorded
Is the armitage’s skink endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the armitage’s skink classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyScincidae
- genusChalcides
- SpeciesChalcides armitagei Boulenger, 1922
Other names and names in other languages (4)
- Armitage's cylindrical skinkEnglish
- Eslizón de ArmitageSpanish
- Scinque d’ArmitageFrench
- Гамбийский халцидRussian
Relatives of the armitage’s skink
Other species in the same genus Chalcides.
Three-toed skink
Chalcides chalcides
Ocellated skink
Chalcides ocellatus
Iberian three-toed skink
Chalcides striatus
Bedriaga's skink
Chalcides bedriagai
Gran Canaria skink
Chalcides sexlineatus
Wedge-snouted skink
Chalcides sepsoides
CompareArmitage’s skink vs Three-toed skinkArmitage’s skink vs Ocellated skinkArmitage’s skink vs Iberian three-toed skinkArmitage’s skink vs Bedriaga's skink
Common questions
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What kind of animal is the armitage’s skink?
The armitage’s skink (Chalcides armitagei) belongs to the family Scincidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
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