Biology:Panaspis helleri

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Short description: Species of lizard

Panaspis helleri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species:
P. helleri
Binomial name
Panaspis helleri
(Loveridge, 1932)
Panaspis helleri distribution.png
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, helleri, is in honor of American zoologist Edmund Heller.[2]

Reproduction

P. helleri is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Panaspis helleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-21.
  2. 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).

Wikidata ☰ Q5126967 entry