Biology:Panaspis wilsoni
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Short description: Sudanese snake-eyed skink
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Panaspis |
| Species: | P. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Panaspis wilsoni (F. Werner, 1914)
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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.[2]
Geographic range
P. wilsoni is found in southern Sudan.[3][1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. wilsoni is unknown.[3]
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.[1]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of P. wilsoni is unknown.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Panaspis wilsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 April 2022.
- ↑ 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).
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Further reading
- Medina, Maria F.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R.; Schmitz, Andreas; Conradie, Werner; Nagy, Zoltán T.; Hibbitts, Toby J.; Ernst, Raffael et al. (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. 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 Klasse 57 (18): 393–394. (Ablepharus wilsoni, new species). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q32392476 entry
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