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Sudanese snake-eyed skink

Panaspis wilsoni
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species: P. wilsoni
Binomial name
Panaspis wilsoni
(F. Werner, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Ablepharus wilsoni
    F. Werner, 1914
  • Afroablepharus wilsoni
    Greer, 1974
  • Panaspis wilsoni
    Medina et al., 2016

Panaspis wilsoni, also known commonly as Wilson's dwarf skink and Wilson's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sudan.

Etymology

The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of Arnold Talbot Wilson, who was a British military officer, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.

Geographic range

P. wilsoni is found in southern Sudan.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. wilsoni is unknown.

Description

P. wilsoni has a maximum snout–vent length (SVL) of about 25 mm (0.98 in), making it one of the smallest skinks known.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. wilsoni is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Schmitz A (2017) . "Panaspis wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T174128A113828141. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ^ Panaspis wilsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 April 2022.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Afroablepharus wilsoni, p. 287).

Further reading


Taxon identifiers
Panaspis wilsoni
Afroablepharus wilsoni


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