Panaspis wilsoni

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.

Panaspis wilsoni
Scientific classification
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

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 central Sudan.[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. Schmitz A (2017). "Panaspis wilsoni (amended version of 2010 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T174128A113828141. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T174128A113828141.en. Downloaded on 26 March 2020.
  2. Panaspis wilsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-03-26.
  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 MF, Bauer AM, Branch WR, Schmitz A, Conradie W, Nagy ZT, Hibbitts TJ, Ernst R, Portik DM, Nielsen SV, Colston TJ, 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. (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).



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