Panaspis wilsoni

Panaspis wilsoni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
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

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.

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 southern Sudan. ^{[1] [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 [in French] (2017) [amended version of 2010 assessment]. "Panaspis wilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T174128A113828141. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
2. Panaspis wilsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 3 April 2022.
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, Maria F.; Bauer, Aaron M. [in French]; Branch, William R.; Schmitz, Andreas [in French]; Conradie, Werner; Nagy, Zoltán T.; Hibbitts, Toby J.; Ernst, Raffael; Portik, Daniel M.; Nielsen, Stuart V.; Colston, Timothy J.; Kusamba, Chifundera; Behangana, Mathias; Rödel, Mark-Oliver [in French]; Greenbaum, Eli (2016). "Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 409–423. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026 . PMC   4898058 . PMID   27118179. (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 Klasse57 (18): 393–394. (Ablepharus wilsoni, new species). (in German).