Panaspis ericae

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: Panaspis ericae

Name

Panaspis ericae Marques, Parrinha, Lopes-Lima, Tiutenko, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2024: 173

• Holotype: MUNHAC/MB03-001525 (field number LMPC 3209), unsexed adult, collected by Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Arthur Tiutenko and Luis M.P. Ceríaco on 29 October 2022.
• Type locality: “the rock outcrops near Catchi, Serra da Neve (-13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m), Namibe Province, Republic of Angola”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Erica’s Snake-Eyed Skink