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Panaspis maculicollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species:
P. maculicollis
Binomial name
Panaspis maculicollis
Synonyms
  • Cryptoblepharus wahlbergii A. Smith, 1849
  • Afroablepharus maculicollis (Jacobson & Broadley, 2000)

Panaspis maculicollis, also known as the speckle-lipped snake-eyed skink or spotted-neck snake-eyed skink, is a species of lidless skinks in the family Scincidae. The species is found in southern Africa. [1] [2]

Distribution

Panaspis maculicollis is found in northern South Africa, southern Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northeastern Namibia ( Caprivi Strip), and southern Angola. [1]

Description

Panaspis maculicollis is a small skink measuring on average 33 mm (1.3 in) in snout–vent length. [3]

Habitat

Panaspis maculicollis is a terrestrial skink that inhabits open or rocky savanna. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pietersen, D.; Verburgt, L.; Farooq, H.; Chapeta, Y. (2021). "Panaspis maculicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13155178A147704591. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13155178A147704591.en. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ Panaspis maculicollis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ Kilunda, Felista Kasyoka; Conradie, Werner; Wasonga, Domnick Victor; Jin, Jie-Qiong; Peng, Min-Sheng; Murphy, Robert W.; Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta; Che, Jing (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. PMID  32230541. S2CID  214306438.


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