Chioninia fogoensis

Description

Chioninia fogoensis (English: Fogo skink or Santo Antão skink) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is endemic to the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. The species was named by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy in 1874. After revision of the species in 2010 based on molecular evidence, it no longer includes the skinks of São Nicolau (Chioninia nicolauensis), nor of the original type locality Fogo (hence the species name fogoensis).