Panaspis helleri

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Panaspis helleri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species:
P. helleri
Binomial name
Panaspis helleri
(Loveridge, 1932)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Siaphos meleagris helleri
    Loveridge, 1932
  • Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) helleri
    — Schmidt, 1943
  • Panaspis helleri
    — Welch, 1982

Panaspis helleri is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, helleri, is in honor of American zoologist Edmund Heller. [3]

Reproduction

P. helleri is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Kusamba C (2021). "Panaspis helleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T178573A126510529. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178573A126510529.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Panaspis helleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 2018-02-21.
  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. (Panaspis helleri, p. 120).
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