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

Species

Wahlberg's Snake-eyed Skink

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyScincidae
Observations572
Observations recorded4,770

Panaspis – rodzaj jaszczurki z podrodziny Eugongylinae w rodzinie scynkowatych (Scincidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
390
With media
31
Family
Scincidae
Collections
CAS, CM, KU, UTEP, UWBM, MVZ
Recorded in
South Africa, Congo, Cameroon, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Angola

Wikidata facts

Instance of
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Parent taxon
Lygosominae
Image
Afroablepharus wahlbergii1.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading

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: 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 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

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