Panaspis maculicollis | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Panaspis |
Species: | P. maculicollis |
Binomial name | |
Panaspis maculicollis Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000 | |
Synonyms | |
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Panaspis maculicollis, also known as the speckle-lipped snake-eyed skink or spotted-neck snake-eyed skink, is a species of lidless skinks in the family Scincidae. The species is found in southern Africa.
Distribution
Panaspis maculicollis is found in northern South Africa, southern Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, northern Botswana, northeastern Namibia (Caprivi Strip), and southern Angola.
Description
Panaspis maculicollis is a small skink measuring on average 33 mm (1.3 in) in snout–vent length.
Habitat
Panaspis maculicollis is a terrestrial skink that inhabits open or rocky savanna.
References
- ^ Pietersen, D.; Verburgt, L.; Farooq, H.; Chapeta, Y. (2021). "Panaspis maculicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13155178A147704591. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13155178A147704591.en. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- Panaspis maculicollis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 April 2022.
- Kilunda, Felista Kasyoka; Conradie, Werner; Wasonga, Domnick Victor; Jin, Jie-Qiong; Peng, Min-Sheng; Murphy, Robert W.; Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta; Che, Jing (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. PMID 32230541. S2CID 214306438.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Panaspis maculicollis |
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Panaspis
- Skinks of Africa
- Reptiles of Angola
- Reptiles of Botswana
- Reptiles of Mozambique
- Reptiles of Namibia
- Reptiles of South Africa
- Reptiles of Zambia
- Reptiles of Zimbabwe
- Reptiles described in 2000
- Taxa named by Donald George Broadley
- Taxa named by Neils Henning Gunther Jacobsen
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