Panaspis seydeli, also known as the Seydel's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[1][2]
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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. seydeli
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| Binomial name | |
| Panaspis seydeli (de Witte, 1933)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, seydeli, is in honor of Belgian lepidopterist Charles Henri Victor Seydel (1873–1960).[3]
Geographic range edit
P. seydeli is found in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Bowles, P. (2021). "Panaspis seydeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T113828592A113828603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T113828592A113828603.en. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ a b c Panaspis seydeli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 April 2022.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Afroablepharus seydeli, p. 241).
Further reading edit
- de Witte G-F (1933). "Reptiles récoltés au Congo Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. de Witte". Annales du Musée royal du Congo Belge, Première Série 3: 53–100. (Ablepharus seydeli, new species, p. 78). (in French).
- Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives". Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 22 (31): 1–67. (Afroablepharus seydeli, new combination).
- 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 seydeli).
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