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Panaspis burgeoni

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Species of lizard

Panaspis burgeoni
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species: P. burgeoni
Binomial name
Panaspis burgeoni
(de Witte, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma (Siaphos) burgeoni
    de Witte, 1933
  • Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) burgeoni
    — Schmidt, 1943
  • Panaspis burgeoni
    — Welch, 1982

Panaspis burgeoni is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Etymology

The specific name, burgeoni, is in honor of Belgian entomologist Louis Burgeon.

Geographic range

Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, P. burgeoni is found in foothills east of the Ruwenzori Mountains.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. burgeoni is forest, at altitudes around 2,500 m (8,200 ft).

Behavior

P. burgeoni is terrestrial, living in the leaf litter of the forest.

Reproduction

P. burgeoni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Kusamba, C. (2021). "Panaspis burgeoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13155147A13155153. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13155147A13155153.en. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ Panaspis burgeoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-21.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Panaspis burgeoni, p. 43).

Further reading

  • de Witte G-F (1933). "Batraciens et reptiles recueillis par M. L. Burgeon au Ruwenzori, au Kivu et au Tanganika". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 24: 111–123. (Lygosoma burgeoni, new species, p. 116). (in French).
  • Welch KRG (1982). Herpetology of Africa: A Checklist and Bibliography of the Orders Amphisbaenia, Sauria, and Serpentes. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 293 pp. ISBN 978-0-89874-428-6. (Panaspis burgeoni, new combination, p. 89).


Taxon identifiers
Panaspis burgeoni


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