Cylindrical skink
Chalcides mauritanicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Status not recordedlizards
The cylindrical skink (Chalcides mauritanicus) is a species in the family Scincidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.07 g and reach 7.48 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the cylindrical skink
- Weight
- 3.07 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 7.48 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the cylindrical skink?
Where does the cylindrical skink live?
Not recorded
Is the cylindrical 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 cylindrical skink classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyScincidae
- genusChalcides
- SpeciesChalcides mauritanicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms Heteromeles mauritanicus
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Two-fingered skinkEnglish
- Eslizón de OránSpanish
- Seps à deux doigtsFrench
- Seps de MaurétanieFrench
- Береговой халцидRussian
Relatives of the cylindrical 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
CompareCylindrical skink vs Three-toed skinkCylindrical skink vs Ocellated skinkCylindrical skink vs Iberian three-toed skinkCylindrical skink vs Bedriaga's skink
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the cylindrical skink?
An adult cylindrical skink weighs 3.07 g and measures 7.48 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the cylindrical skink?
The cylindrical skink (Chalcides mauritanicus) 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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