Panaspis seydeli explained

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.

Etymology

The specific name, seydeli, is in honor of Belgian lepidopterist Charles Henri Victor Seydel (1873–1960).^[1]

Geographic range

P. seydeli is found in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia.

Further reading

• 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. .

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  . Branch . William R. . William Roy Branch . Schmitz . Andreas .

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  . 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 .

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  . Greenbaum . Eli . Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 2016 . 100 . 409–423 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026. free . 27118179 . 4898058 . (Panaspis seydeli).

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]