Panaspis

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 <small>(Gray, 1845)</small> – Guinea lidless skink
• Panaspis annettesabinae <small>Colston, Pyron, & Bauer, 2020</small> – Sabin's snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis annobonensis <small>(Fuhn, 1972)</small> – Annobón lidless skink
• Panaspis breviceps <small>(W. Peters, 1873)</small> – Peters's lidless skink, short-headed snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis burgeoni <small>(de Witte, 1933)</small>
• Panaspis cabindae <small>(Bocage, 1866)</small> – Cabinda lidless skink, cabinda snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis duruarum <small>(, 1949)</small>
• Panaspis ericae
• Panaspis helleri <small>(Loveridge, 1932)</small>
• Panaspis maculicollis <small>(Jacobsen & , 2000)</small> – speckle-lipped snake-eyed skink, spotted-neck snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis massaiensis <small>(Angel, 1924)</small> – Maasai snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis megalurus <small>(Nieden, 1913)</small> – blue-tailed snake-eyed skink, Nieden's dwarf skink
• Panaspis mocamedensis <small>Ceríaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques, & Bauer, 2020</small> – Moçamedes snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis namibiana <small>Ceríaco, Branch & , 2018</small> – Namibian snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis seydeli <small>(de Witte, 1933)</small> – Seydel's snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis tancredii <small>(Boulenger, 1909)</small> – Ethiopian snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis thomensis <small>Ceríaco, Soares, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm & Jesus, 2018</small> – São Tomé leaf-litter skink
• Panaspis togoensis <small>(F. Werner, 1902)</small> – Togo lidless skink
• Panaspis tristaoi <small>(Monard, 1940)</small> – Nimba snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis tsavoensis <small>Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza, & Che, 2019</small> – Tsavo snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis wahlbergii <small>(A. Smith, 1849)</small> – Angolan snake-eyed skink, savannah lidless skink, Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink
• Panaspis wilsoni <small>(F. Werner, 1919)</small> – Wilson's snake-eyed skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Panaspis.

References

Further reading

• (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing. 399 pp. . (Genus Panaspis, p.&nbsp;159).
• Cope ED (1868). "Observations on REPTILES of the Old World. Art. II". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 20: 316–323. (Panaspis, new genus, pp.&nbsp;317–318).