Panaspis megalurus

Panaspis megalurus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
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 as the blue-tailed snake-eyed skink ^{[1] [2]} or Nieden's dwarf skink, ^[3] is a species of lidless skinks in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania. ^{[1] [2]}

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

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. p. 190. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.
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.