Panaspis

Panaspis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Panaspis
Species (23): P. africanus – P. annettesabinae – P. annobonensis – P. breviceps – P. burgeoni – P. cabindae – P. duruarum – P. ericae – P. helleri – P. maculicollis – P. massaiensis – P. megalurus – P. mocamedensis – P. mundavambo – P. namibiana – P. seydeli – P. tancredi – P. thomensis – P. togoensis – P. tristaoi – P. tsavoensis – P. wahlbergi – P. wilsoni

Name

Panaspis Cope, 1868: 317

• Type species: Panaspis aeneus Cope, 1868, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Afroablepharus Greer, 1974: 31 [synonymised by Medina et al. (2016)]
  • Type species: Cryptoblepharus walbergi Smith, 1849, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1868. Observations on reptiles of the Old World. Art II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 316–323. BHL

Additional references

• Broadley, D.G. 1989. A reappraisal of the genus Panaspis Cope, with the description of a new species of Leptosiaphos (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Tanzania. Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 9(32): 439–449. Reference page. 
• Schmitz, A., Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2005. Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera. Zootaxa 863(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.863.1.1 . Reference page. 
• Medina, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Conradie, W., Nagy, Z.T., Hibbitts, T.J., Ernst, R., Portik, D.M., Nielsen, S.V., Colston, T.J., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M., Rödel, M.-O. & Greenbaum, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 409–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Branch, W.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. A new species of African snake-eyed skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from central and northern Namibia. Zootaxa 4527(1): 140–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.12 Reference page. 
• Soares, L.B., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bastos-Silveira, C., Scheinberg, L.A., Harris, D.J., Brehm, A. & Jesus, J. 2018. Review of the leaf-litter skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 67(2): 132–159. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2017.1413015 Reference page. 
• Kilunda, F.K., Conradie, W., Wasonga, D.V., Jin, J.Q., Peng, M.S., Murphy, R.W., Malonza, P.K. & Che, J. 2019. Revalidation and resurrection of Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) and the description of a new species of Panaspis Cope (Squamata: Scincidae) from south-eastern Kenya. Zootaxa 4706(2): 255–274. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.2.3 . Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Parker, K.L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4747(1): 77–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.3 Reference page. 
• Colston, T.J., Pyron, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A new species of African Snake-Eyed Skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Ethiopia. Zootaxa 4779(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.2 Reference page. 
• Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D., Lopes-Lima, M., Tiutenko, A., Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2024. A treasure trove of endemics: two new species of snake-eyed skinks of the genus Panaspis Cope, 1868 (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, southwestern Angola. Evolutionary Systematics 8(2): 167–182. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.8.121103 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Panaspis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 December 2019.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Dwergskinke
Deutsch: Afrikanische Natternaugen
English: African Snake-eyed Skinks