Cape Verde giant skink

Cape Verde giant skink
	Illustration, 1885
Conservation status
	; Extinct (1940) (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chioninia
Species:	†C. coctei
Binomial name
	†Chioninia coctei; (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Synonyms
	Euprepes coctei ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839; Macroscincus coctei ; — Bocage, 1873; Gongylus coctei ; — Frank & Ramus, 1995; Chioninia coctei ; — Miralles et al., 2010;

The Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei), also called Bibron's skink, Cocteau's skink, and lagarto in Cape Verdean Portuguese, is a recently extinct species of large lizard (skink) that was endemic to some of the Barlavento Islands of Cape Verde before disappearing in the 20th century.

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