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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Shorted-headed Snake-eyed Skink, Peters' Lidless Skink 
SynonymEuprepes (Mabuia) breviceps PETERS 1873: 604
Lygosoma breviceps – BOULENGER 1887: 300
Mabuia batesi BOULENGER 1900: 449
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) buchneri WERNER 1909: 62
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) auricillatum CHABANAUD 1909: 98
Lygosoma breviceps — MÜLLER 1910
Lygosoma breviceps — SCHMIDT 1919: 556
Emoia breviceps — LOVERIDGE 1936: 71
Riopa (Panaspis) breviceps — SMITH 1937: 229
Panaspis breviceps – MITTLEMAN 1952: 17-23
Riopa breviceps – MERTENS 1964: 220
Riopa breviceps – EISTENTRAUT 1973: 299
Panaspis breviceps – PERRET 1973
Panaspis breviceps — GREER 1974: 29
Panaspis (Panaspis) breviceps – PERRET 1975: 6
Leptosiaphos (Lacertaspis) breviceps — BROADLEY 1989
Leptosiaphos breviceps — BROADLEY 1998
Panaspis breviceps — PAUWELS et al. 2004
Leptosiaphos breviceps — BURGER et al. 2004
Panaspis aff. breviceps — CERÍACO et al. 2020 
DistributionEquatorial Guinea (Bioko = Fernando Po), Gabon, Cameroon, NW Angola, C Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Central African Republic

Type locality: “Gabon” [and] “Cameruns”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 6303, 8017; possible additional syntypes are listed by Fuhn (1972) as BMNH 1902.11.12.9–11.
Holotype: SMNS 1141 [buchneri]
Holotype: MNHN 1917.17 [auricillatum] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Panaspis aff. breviceps can be distinguished from other members of the genus occurring in Angola and surroundings region by having 1) presence of supranasals; 2) movable lower eyelids; 3) frontoparietals separated; 4) dorsum brown, with four very longitudinal stripes composed of white and black dots; 5) presence of a large lateral dark band on the flanks of females and juveniles; 6) 30 to 34 midbody scales rows (from Ceríaco et al. 2020: 89). 
CommentDistribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “brevis, -e” = short and “-ceps”, a short form of “caput” = head. 
References
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