Panaspis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Panaspis
Species (21): P. africanus – P. annettesabinae – P. annobonensis – P. breviceps – P. burgeoni – P. cabindae – P. duruarum – P. helleri – P. maculicollis – P. massaiensis – P. megalurus – P. mocamedensis – P. namibiana – P. seydeli – P. tancredi – P. thomensis – P. togoensis – P. tristaoi – P. tsavoensis – P. wahlbergi – P. wilsoni
Name

Panaspis Cope, 1868: 317

Type species: Panaspis aeneus Cope, 1868, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Afroablepharus Greer, 1974: 31 [synonymised by Medina et al. (2016)]
Type species: Cryptoblepharus walbergi Smith, 1849, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Cope, E.D. 1868. Observations on reptiles of the Old World. Art II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 316–323. BHL

Additional references

Broadley, D.G. 1989. A reappraisal of the genus Panaspis Cope, with the description of a new species of Leptosiaphos (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Tanzania. Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 9(32): 439–449. Reference page.
Schmitz, A., Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2005. Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera. Zootaxa 863(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.863.1.1 Paywall. Reference page.
Medina, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Conradie, W., Nagy, Z.T., Hibbitts, T.J., Ernst, R., Portik, D.M., Nielsen, S.V., Colston, T.J., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M., Rödel, M.-O. & Greenbaum, E. 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 Paywall Reference page.
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Branch, W.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. A new species of African snake-eyed skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from central and northern Namibia. Zootaxa 4527(1): 140–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.12 Paywall Reference page.
Soares, L.B., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bastos-Silveira, C., Scheinberg, L.A., Harris, D.J., Brehm, A. & Jesus, J. 2018. Review of the leaf-litter skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 67(2): 132–159. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2017.1413015 Paywall Reference page.
Kilunda, F.K., Conradie, W., Wasonga, D.V., Jin, J.Q., Peng, M.S., Murphy, R.W., Malonza, P.K. & Che, J. 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 Paywall. Reference page.
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Parker, K.L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4747(1): 77–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.3 Paywall Reference page.
Colston, T.J., Pyron, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A new species of African Snake-Eyed Skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Ethiopia. Zootaxa 4779(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.2 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Panaspis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 December 2019.
Panaspis – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Dwergskinke
Deutsch: Afrikanische Natternaugen
English: African Snake-eyed Skinks

Panaspis is a genus of skinks, commonly called lidless skinks or snake-eyed skinks, endemic to Sub-saharan Africa.
Species

The following 21 species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]

Panaspis africana (Gray, 1845) – Guinea lidless skink
Panaspis annettesabinae Colston, Pyron, & Bauer, 2020 – Sabin’s snake-eyed skink
Panaspis annobonensis (Fuhn, 1972) – Annobón lidless skink
Panaspis breviceps (W. Peters, 1873) – Peters's lidless skink, short-headed snake-eyed skink
Panaspis burgeoni (de Witte, 1933)
Panaspis cabindae (Bocage, 1866) – Cabinda lidless skink, cabinda snake-eyed skink
Panaspis duruarum (Monard, 1949)
Panaspis helleri (Loveridge, 1932)
Panaspis maculicollis (Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000) – speckle-lipped snake-eyed skink, spotted-neck snake-eyed skink
Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) – Maasai snake-eyed skink
Panaspis megalurus (Nieden, 1913) – blue-tailed snake-eyed skink, Nieden's dwarf skink[2]
Panaspis mocamedensis Ceríaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques, & Bauer, 2020 – Moçamedes snake-eyed skink
Panaspis namibiana Ceríaco, Branch & Bauer, 2018 – Namibian snake-eyed skink
Panaspis seydeli (de Witte, 1933) – Seydel's snake-eyed skink
Panaspis tancredii (Boulenger, 1909) – Ethiopian snake-eyed skink
Panaspis thomensis Ceríaco, Soares, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm & Jesus, 2018 – São Tomé leaf-litter skink
Panaspis togoensis (F. Werner, 1902) – Togo lidless skink
Panaspis tristaoi (Monard, 1940) – Nimba snake-eyed skink
Panaspis tsavoensis Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza, & Che, 2019 – Tsavo snake-eyed skink
Panaspis wahlbergii (A. Smith, 1849) – Angolan snake-eyed skink, savannah lidless skink, Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink
Panaspis wilsoni (F. Werner, 1919) – 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

Panaspis at The Reptile Database.

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 megalurus, p. 190).

Further reading

Branch, Bill (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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Panaspis, p. 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. 317–318).