Panaspis wilsoni

Sudanese snake-eyed skink

Panaspis wilsoni
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[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[2]
  • 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.[3]

Geographic range

P. wilsoni is found in southern Sudan.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. wilsoni is unknown.[1]

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.[2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. wilsoni is unknown.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Schmitz A [in French] (2017) [amended version of 2010 assessment]. "Panaspis wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T174128A113828141. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d 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

  • Medina, Maria F.; Bauer, Aaron M. [in French]; Branch, William R.; Schmitz, Andreas [in French]; Conradie, Werner; Nagy, Zoltán T.; Hibbitts, Toby J.; Ernst, Raffael; Portik, Daniel M.; Nielsen, Stuart V.; Colston, Timothy J.; Kusamba, Chifundera; Behangana, Mathias; Rödel, Mark-Oliver [in French]; Greenbaum, Eli (2016). "Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 409–423. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026. PMC 4898058. PMID 27118179. (Panaspis wilsoni, new combination).
  • Werner F (1914). "Über Eidechsen, darunter zwei neue, aus dem Angloägyptischen Sudan". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 57 (18): 393–394. (Ablepharus wilsoni, new species). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Panaspis wilsoni
Afroablepharus wilsoni


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