Panaspis

Genus of lizards

Panaspis
Panaspis wahlbergii,
Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink,
Durban, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Panaspis
Cope, 1868
Species

21 sp., see text

Synonyms
  • Afroablepharus

Panaspis is a genus of skinks, commonly called lidless skinks or snake-eyed skinks, endemic to Sub-saharan Africa.

Species

The following 22 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]

  • Panaspis africana (Gray, 1845) – Guinea lidless skink
  • Panaspis annettesabinae Colston, Pyron, & Bauer, 2020 – Sabin's snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis annobonensis (Fuhn, 1972) – Annobón lidless skink
  • Panaspis breviceps (W. Peters, 1873) – Peters's lidless skink, short-headed snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis burgeoni (de Witte, 1933)
  • Panaspis cabindae (Bocage, 1866) – Cabinda lidless skink, cabinda snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis duruarum (Monard, 1949)
  • Panaspis ericae
  • Panaspis helleri (Loveridge, 1932)
  • Panaspis maculicollis (Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000) – speckle-lipped snake-eyed skink, spotted-neck snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) – Maasai snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis megalurus (Nieden, 1913) – blue-tailed snake-eyed skink, Nieden's dwarf skink[2]
  • Panaspis mocamedensis Ceríaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques, & Bauer, 2020 – Moçamedes snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis namibiana Ceríaco, Branch & Bauer, 2018 – Namibian snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis seydeli (de Witte, 1933) – Seydel's snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis tancredii (Boulenger, 1909) – Ethiopian snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis thomensis Ceríaco, Soares, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm & Jesus, 2018 – São Tomé leaf-litter skink
  • Panaspis togoensis (F. Werner, 1902) – Togo lidless skink
  • Panaspis tristaoi (Monard, 1940) – Nimba snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis tsavoensis Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza, & Che, 2019 – Tsavo snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis wahlbergii (A. Smith, 1849) – Angolan snake-eyed skink, savannah lidless skink, Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink
  • Panaspis wilsoni (F. Werner, 1919) – Wilson's snake-eyed skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Panaspis.

References

Wikispecies has information related to Panaspis.
  1. ^ Panaspis at The Reptile Database.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Panaspis megalurus, p. 190).

Further reading

  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Panaspis, p. 159).
  • Cope ED (1868). "Observations on REPTILES of the Old World. Art. II". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 316–323. (Panaspis, new genus, pp. 317–318).
Taxon identifiers
Panaspis


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