Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.
 
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Genus
Panaspis
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African Snake-eyed Skinks, African Lidless Skinks
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Afrikanische Natternaugen
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Afrikanske Brilleskinker
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1868 |  |
Panaspis Cope (type species: Panaspis aeneus Cope 1868) |
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1974 | |
Afroablepharus Greer (type species: Cryptoblepharus walbergii Smith 1849; syn. Medina, Bauer, Branch, Schmitz, Conradie, Nagy, Hibbitts, Ernst, Portik, Nielsen, Colston, Kusamba, Behangana, Rödel & Greenbaum 2016) |
Contents:
20 species, of which 11 (55.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Leptosiaphos.
Afroablepharus was previously regarded as a synonym of Panaspis (e.g., Broadley 1989), then as a valid genus, and most recently again as a synonym of Panaspis.
Two species (africanus, annobonensis) are included in Panaspis on the basis of Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio (2005) and Jesus, Harris & Brehm (2007),
who placed these two species in Afroablepharus, despite the absence of an ablepharine eye ("snake-eye") characteristic of the remaining species of the genus.
Distribution:
SubSaharan Africa.
Reported from:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Benin,
Botswana,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Annobon,
Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[Benguerua]),
Namibia,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Sao Tome & Principe
(Principe,
Rolas Island,
Santana Islet,
Sao Tome),
Senegal,
Somalia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape),
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Togo.
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Panaspis africanus
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Principe Snake-eyed Skink
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Principe-Natternauge
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Principe-brilleskink
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1845 | |
Mocoa africana Gray |
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Lygosoma africanum Peters 1874 |
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Riopa africanum Smith 1937 |
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Leiolopisma africana Mittleman 1952 |
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Panaspis africana Fuhn 1972 |
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Leptosiaphos africana Haft 1993 |
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Afroablepharus africanus Jesus, Harris & Brehm 2007 |
Remarks:
Previously included annobonensis and the population now assigned to thomensis.
Distribution:
Sao Tome & Principe
(Principe).
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Panaspis annettesabinae
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Oromia Snake-eyed Skink, (Sabin's Snake-Eyed Skink)
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Oromia-Natternauge
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Oromia-brilleskink
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2020 | |
Panaspis annettesabinae Colston, Pyron & Bauer |
Distribution:
Ethiopia.
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Panaspis annobonensis
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Annobon Snake-eyed Skink
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Annobon-Natternauge
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Annobon-brilleskink
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1972 | |
Panaspis africana annobonensis Fuhn |
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Panaspis annobonensis Perret 1973 |
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Leptosiaphos annobonensis Broadley 1989 |
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Afroablepharus annobonensis Jesus, Harris & Brehm 2007 |
Remarks:
Validity as a separate species confirmed by Soares, Ceríaco, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm & Jesus (2018).
Distribution:
Equatorial Guinea
(Annobon).
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Panaspis breviceps
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Short-headed Snake-eyed Skink
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Kurzkopf-Natternauge
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Korthovedet Brilleskink
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1873 | |
Euprepes breviceps Peters |
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Lygosoma breviceps Boulenger 1887 |
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Riopa breviceps Smith 1937 |
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Panaspis breviceps Mittleman 1952 |
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Leptosiaphos breviceps Broadley 1989 |
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1900 | |
Mabuia batesi Boulenger (Fuhn 1972) |
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1909 | |
Lygosoma buchneri Werner (Fuhn 1972) |
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1917 | |
Lygosoma auricillatum Chabanaud (Fuhn 1972) |
Distribution:
Angola,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Equatorial Guinea
(Bioko,
Rio Muni),
Gabon,
Nigeria.
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Panaspis cabindae
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Cabinda Snake-eyed Skink
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Cabinda-Natternauge
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Cabinda-brilleskink
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1866 | |
Ablepharus cabindae Bocage |
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Riopa cabindae Smith 1937 |
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Panaspis cabindae Mittleman 1952 |
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1868 | |
Panaspis aeneus Cope (Fuhn 1970) |
Distribution:
Angola
(incl.
Cabinda),
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Panaspis duruarum
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Cameroon Snake-eyed Skink
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Kamerunisches Natternauge
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Camerounsk Brilleskink
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1949 | |
Ablepharus duruarum Monard |
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Panaspis duruarum Fuhn 1969 |
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Afroablepharus duruarus Greer 1974 |
Distribution:
Cameroon.
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Panaspis maculicollus
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Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Skink
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Halsfleckiges Natternauge
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Halsplettet Brilleskink
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2000 | |
Panaspis maculicollus Jacobsen & Broadley |
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa
(Limpopo,
Mpumalanga),
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Panaspis massaiensis
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Masai Snake-eyed Skink
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Masai-Natternauge
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Masai-brilleskink
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1924 | |
Ablepharus massaiensis Angel |
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Panaspis massaiensis Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza & Che 2019 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of wahlbergii (e.g., Fuhn 1970).
Revalidated as a separate species by Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza & Che (2019).
Distribution:
Kenya.
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Panaspis megalurus
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Tanzanian Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Skink
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Tansanianisches Blauschwanz-Natternauge
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Tanzaniansk Blåhalet Brilleskink
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1913 | |
Ablepharus megalurus Nieden |
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Panaspis megalurus Fuhn 1970 |
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Afroablepharus megalurus Greer 1974 |
Remarks:
Jacobsen & Broadley (2000) erroneously stated that megalurus is known only from the Sudan.
The authors presumably had wilsoni in mind.
Distribution:
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Panaspis mocamedensis
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Moçamedes Snake-eyed Skink
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Moçamedes-Natternauge
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Moçamedes-brilleskink
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2020 | |
Panaspis mocamedensis Ceríaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques & Bauer |
Distribution:
Angola.
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Panaspis namibiana
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Namibian Snake-eyed Skink
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Namibianisches Natternauge
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Namibiansk Brilleskink
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2018 | |
Panaspis namibiana Ceríaco, Branch & Bauer |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of wahlbergii.
Distribution:
Namibia.
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Panaspis seydeli
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Congolese Snake-eyed Skink, (Seydel's Snake-eyed Skink)
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Kongolesisches Natternauge
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Congolesisk Brilleskink
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1933 | |
Ablepharus seydeli Witte |
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Panaspis seydeli Broadley & Cotterill 2004 |
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1933 | |
Ablepharus moeruensis Witte |
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1955 | |
Ablepharus anselli Fitzsimons (Largen & Spawls 2010, by implication) |
Other common names:
smithi: Upempa Snake-eyed Skink
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of tancredii by Broadley (1989), but as a separate species by Fuhn (1970) and Largen & Spawls (2010, by implication).
Previously included smithi.
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Zambia.
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Panaspis smithi
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Upemba Snake-eyed Skink
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Upemba-Natternauge
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Upemba-brilleskink
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1936 | |
Ablepharus smithi De Witte |
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Panaspis smithi Broadley 1989 |
Remarks:
Regarded by some authors as a synonym of seydeli (e.g., Ceríaco, Branch & Bauer 2018 [by implication]).
The Reptile Database consider smithi 'readily distinguished' from seydeli, based on pers. comm. with the late D.G. Broadley, however, they still list it as a synonym of seydeli,
presumably pending a formal revalidation of smithi.
It is tentatively considered a valid species herein, following Broadley (1989).
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Panaspis tancredii
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Dabarif Snake-eyed Skink, (Ethiopian Snake-eyed Skink)
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Dabarif-Natternauge
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Dabarif-brilleskink
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1909 | |
Ablepharus tancredii Boulenger |
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Panaspis tancredii Fuhn 1970 |
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Afroablepharus tancredi Greer 1974 |
Remarks:
Previously included seydeli (e.g., Broadley 1989), but regarded by Fuhn (1970) and by Largen & Spawls (2010) as a separate species. According to the latter authors, tancredii is known only from a single Ethiopian specimen. Fuhn's (1970) record from Zambia refer to anselli, here consequently regarded as a synonym of seydeli. All other records of tancredii from outside Ethiopia are herein also tentatively referred to seydeli.
Distribution:
Ethiopia.
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Panaspis thomensis
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São Tomé Snake-eyed Skink
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São-Tomé-Natternauge
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São Tomé-brilleskink
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2018 | |
Panaspis thomensis Soares, Ceríaco, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm & Jesus |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a population of africanus.
Distribution:
São Tomé & Príncipe
(São Tomé,
incl.
Rolas Island
and
Santana Islet).
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Panaspis togoensis
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Togo Snake-eyed Skink
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Togo-Natternauge
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Togoansk Brilleskink
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1902 | |
Lygosoma togoense Werner |
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Riopa togoense Smith 1937 |
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Panaspis togoensis Mittleman 1952 |
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Panaspis breviceps togoensis Grandison 1956 |
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Lygosoma breviceps togoense Loveridge 1952 |
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Leptosiaphos togoensis Broadley 1989 |
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1913 | |
Lygosoma kitsoni Boulenger (Barbault 1974; Perret 1975) |
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1916 | |
Lygosoma houyi Sternfeld (Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio & 2005) |
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1917 | |
? Lygosoma spurrelli Boulenger (Loveridge 1952) |
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1917 | |
Lygosoma dahomeyense Chabanaud (Loveridge 1952) |
Distribution:
Benin,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Mali,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Togo.
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Panaspis tristaoi
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Nimba Snake-eyed Skink, (Tristao's Lidless Skink)
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Nimba-Natternauge
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Nimba-brilleskink
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1940 | |
Riopa tristaoi Monard |
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Panaspis tristaoi Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012 |
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1944 | |
Lygosoma nimbense Angel (Trape, Trape & Chirio 2012) |
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Panaspis nimbense Mittleman 1952 |
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Leptosiaphos nimbensis Broadley 1989 |
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Panaspis nimbaense [sic] Ceríaco, Branch & Bauer 2018 |
Remarks:
Previously (as nimbense) regarded as a synonym of togoensis (e.g., Loveridge 1952).
Distribution:
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Ivory Coast,
Senegal.
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Panaspis tsavoensis
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Tsavo Snake-eyed Skink
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Tsavo-Natternauge
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Tsavo-brilleskink
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Panaspis tsavoensis Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza & Che |
Distribution:
Kenya.
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Panaspis wahlbergii
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Savanna Snake-eyed Skink, (Wahlberg's Snake-eyed Skink, Wahlberg's Dwarf Skink)
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Savannen-Natternauge
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Savanne-brilleskink
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1849 | |
Cryptoblepharus walbergii Smith |
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Ablepharus wahlbergii Peters 1882 |
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Panaspis wahlbergii Fuhn 1970 |
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Afroablepharus wahlbergi Greer 1974 |
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1894 | |
Ablepharus carsonii Boulenger (Fuhn 1970) |
Remarks:
Previously included massaiensis and the populations now assigned to maculicollus, namibiana, and tsavoensis.
Older records of wahlbergii from Namibia refer to maculicollus and namibiana (Jacobsen & Broadley 2000; Griffin 2003; Ceríaco, Branch & Bauer 2018).
Records from Saudi Arabia and Yemen (Al-Jumaily 1984) refer to
Ablepharus pannonicus (Arnold 1986; Schätti 1989).
Greenbaum, Bauer & Jackman (2007) pointed out that walbergii is the original spelling of the specific epithet, however, Smith corrected this in an addenda slip
(Broadley, Jackman & Bauer 2014).
Distribution:
Angola,
Botswana,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique
(incl.
Bazaruto Archipelago
[Benguerua]),
Somalia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape),
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Panaspis wilsoni
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Sudan Snake-eyed Skink
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Sudanisches Natternauge
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Sudansk Brilleskink
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1914 | |
Ablepharus wilsoni Werner |
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Panaspis wilsoni Fuhn 1970 |
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Afroablepharus wilsoni Greer 1974 |
Distribution:
Sudan.
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