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Lacertaspis rohdei (MÜLLER, 1910)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gaboon Lidless Skink 
SynonymLygosoma rohdei MÜLLER 1910: 585
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) digitatum CHABANAUD 1917: 97
Riopa rohdei – MERTENS 1968: 77
Panaspis rohdei – FUHN 1972: 263
Panaspis reichenowii — FUHN 1969: 72 (part)
Panaspis rohdei — GREER 1974: 29
Panaspis (Lacertaspis) rohdei – PERRET 1975: 11
Leptosiaphos (Lacertaspis) rohdei — BROADLEY 1989: 441
Panaspis (Lacertaspis) rohdei — SCHMITZ et al. 2000
Lacertaspis rohdei — SCHMITZ et al. 2005
Panaspis rohdei — PAUWELS et al. 2006 
DistributionCameroon (Dibongo, Ngam, Foulassi, Kala, Mt. Kupé, Mt.
Nlonako, Mt. Cameroon), Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Equatorial Guinea

Type locality: (neotype): Ngam, Sangmelina, Kamerun; originally “Dibongo, Edéa, Cameroon”.  
Reproductionoviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesNeotype: MHNG 963.40, designated by Fuhn (1972: 264). Former Syntypes ZSM 427/1909, (3 specimens) destroyed during world war II.
Holotype: MNHN [Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) digitatum] 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after Reinhold Theodor Rohde, an Australian Lutheran missionary, who arrived in Cameroon (then a German colony) for the Swiss Basel Mission prior to 1904. He collected fish and ants for Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt (1909), and sent anthropological material to Goethe Universitat Frankfurt am Main. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Böhme W. & Schmitz A. 1996. A new lygosomine skink (Lacertilia: Scincidae: Panaspis) from Cameroon [description of Panaspis chriswildi]. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 103 (3): 767-774 - get paper here
  • Broadley, D G 1989. A reappraisal of the genus Panaspis Cope, with the description of a new species of Leptosiaphos (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Tanzania. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (32) 1989: 439-449
  • Chabanaud, P. 1917. Enumération des reptiles non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux collections du Muséum, avec la description des espèces nouvelles. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. Paris 23: 83-105. - get paper here
  • Chirio, L. & Lebreton, M. 2007. Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. MNHN, IRD, Paris 688 pp.
  • Fuhn, I. E. 1972. Révision du Phylum forestier du genre Panaspis Cope (Reptilia, Scincidae, Lygosominae). Rev. roum. Biol., sér Zool., 17 (4): 257-271
  • Gonwouo, Nono LeGrand; Tchassem Fonkwa Arnaud Marius, Doherty-Bone Thomas, Rödel Mark-Oliver 2021. Amphibian and reptiles of a proposed iron ore mining concession in southern Cameroon. Herpetology Notes 14: 1051-1065
  • Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1968. Zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna von Kamerun und Fernando Poo. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 19: 69-84. - get paper here
  • Müller,L. 1910. Beiträge zur Herpetologie Kameruns. Abh. bayer. K. Akad. Wiss. 2, 24 (3): 545-626 - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O.S.G. & Vande Weghe, J.P. 2008. Les reptiles du Gabon. Smithsonian Institution, Washington: 272 pp. - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O.S.G.; Christy, P. & honorez, A. 2006. Reptiles and National Parks in Gabon, Western Central Africa. Hamadryad 30 (1-2): 181-196 - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O.S.G.; Kamdem Toham, A. & Chimsunchart, C. 2002. Recherches sur l’herpétofaune du Massif du Chaillu, Gabon. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique (Biologie) 72: 47-57 - get paper here
  • Perret J L 1973. Contribution à l'étude des Panaspis (Reptilia, Scincidae) d'Afrique occidentale avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 80 (2): 595-630 - get paper here
  • Perret,J. L. 1975. La différentiation dans le genre Panaspis COPE (Reptilia, Scincidae). Bull. Soc. neuchâtel. Sci. Nat., 98: 5-16
  • Portik DM, Jongsma GFM, Kouete MT, Scheinberg LA, Freiermuth B, Tapondjou WP, Blackburn DC. 2016. A survey of amphibians and reptiles in the foothills of Mount Kupe, Cameroon. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10(2) [Special Section]: 37–67 (e131)
  • SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS, A., CALVO-REVUELTA, M. & DE LA RIVA, I. 2022. Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea. Zootaxa 5202 (1): 1-197 - get paper here
  • Schmitz A., Euskirchen, O. & Böhme W. 2000. Zur Herpetofauna einer montanen Regenwaldregion in SW-Kamerun (Mt. Kupe und Bakossi-Gergland).III. Einige bemerkenswerte Vertreter der Familien Lacertidae, Scincidae, Varanidae, Elapidae und Viperidae. Herpetofauna 22 (124): 16-27 - get paper here
  • SCHMITZ, ANDREAS; IVAN INEICH & LAURENT CHIRIO 2005. Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera. Zootaxa 863: 1–28 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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