Panaspis tancredii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species:
P. tancredii
Binomial name
Panaspis tancredii
(Boulenger, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ablepharus tancredii
    Boulenger, 1909
  • Afroablepharus tancredi
    — Greer, 1974
  • Panaspis tancredi
    — Broadley, 1998

The Ethiopian snake-eyed skink (Panaspis tancredii), also known commonly as Boulenger's dwarf skink, is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Ethiopia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, tancredii, is in honor of Italian explorer Alfonso Maria Tancredi (died 1942).[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. tancredii is grassland, at altitudes of about 3,000 m (9,800 ft).[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. tancredii is unknown.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Colston T (2021). "Panaspis tancredi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13155216A13155224.en. Accessed on 10 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Panaspis tancredii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-21.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Afroablepharus tancredi, p. 260).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1909). "On the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by the Tancredi Expedition to Lake Tsana, Abyssinia". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Terza 4: 193. (Ablepharus tancredii, new species).
  • Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Panaspis tancredi, p. 407).



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