Panaspis megalurus

Panaspis megalurus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Panaspis
Species:	P. megalurus
Binomial name
Panaspis megalurus (Nieden, 1913)
Synonyms [2]
Ablepharus megalurus Nieden, 1913 Afroablepharus megalurus (Nieden, 1913)

Panaspis megalurus, also known commonly as the blue-tailed snake-eyed skink ^{[1] [2]} and Nieden's dwarf skink, ^[3] is a species of lidless skink in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

Panaspis megalurus is a small skink measuring about 41 mm (1.6 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL). The tail is very long, more than three times the body length. ^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Panaspis megalurus is savanna, at elevations of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

Panaspis megalurus is oviparous. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2019). "Panaspis megalurus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T13155188A13155197. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T13155188A13155197.en . Retrieved 4 April 2022.
2. Panaspis megalurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 April 2022.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (26 July 2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. xiii + 296 pp. (Panaspis megalurus, p. 190).
4. 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.

Further reading

• Broadley, D.G.; Howell, K.M. (1991). "A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys". Syntarsus. 1: 1–70. (Panaspis megalurus, new combination, p. 16).
• Greer, A.E. (1974). "The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplemental Series. 22 (31): 1–67. (Afroablepharus megalurus, new combination).
• Nieden, F. (1913). "Neues Verzeichnis der Kriechtiere (außer den Schlangen) von Deutsch-Ostafrika. I. Tiel: Reptilia". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7 (1): 51–100. (Ablepharus megalurus, new species, p. 89). (in German).
• Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Hinkel, H.; Menegon, M. (2018). A Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. ISBN   978-1-3994-0481-5. 624 pp. (Panaspis megalurus, pp. 164–165).