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