title: Delalande's skink
text: # Delalande's skink
  
  Chioninia delalandii (English: Delalande's skink) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The species is named after French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande.
  
  