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Panaspis seydeli (DE WITTE, 1933)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Seydel‟s snake-eyed skink 
SynonymAblepharus seydeli DE WITTE 1933: 187
Ablepharus seydeli — DE WITTE 1933: 78
Ablepharus moeruensis DE WITTE 1933: 187
Ablepharus smithii DE WITTE 1936
Afroablepharus seydeli — GREER 1974
Ablepharus smithi — FITCH 1981
Panaspis smithi — JACOBSEN & BROADLEY 2000: 68
Panaspis seydeli — BROADLEY & COTTERILL 2004
Panaspis smithi — BROADLEY & COTTERILL 2004
Panaspis smithi — BRANCH 2008
Panaspis seydeli — MEDINA et al. 2016
Panaspis seydeli — PIETERSEN et al. 2021 
DistributionZaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), N Zambia

Type locality: “Elisabethville” [= Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, DRC, ~ 11°41'S 27°29'E]

moeruensis: Democratic Republic of the Congo; Type locality: “Kilwa (Lac Moero)” [= Lake Mweru, SE DRC], 9°00′S 28°43′E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 7677 (originally: R. G. Musée du Congo)
Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) 8587 (was R. G. Musée du Congo) [moeruensis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1274 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentStatus unclear. Not listed in BROADLEY 1998 for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Broadley (1989) also suggested to include Afroblepharus seydeli in the synonymy of A. tancredii, based on the same number of midbody scale rows (20-22) and prefrontals in broad contact.

Has been confused with Panaspis smithii (see BROADLEY 1989; BROADLEY 2001, pers. comm. considers P. smithii as valid species).

Panaspis smithii, The Upemba Snake-eyed Skink is probably endemic to the P.N.U. and environs at low altitudes (Witte 1953). It is readily distinguished from P. seydeli by having the prefrontals separated or meeting at a point and having 24-26 midbody scale rows. It also resembles P. wahlbergii in having white lateral stripes. In his list of material, Witte (1936) included MRAC 6774 from Lodja, in northern Kasai province 600 km northwest of the P.N.U., but in view of the wide gap, this specimen should be re-examined [BROADLEY & COTTERILL 2004]. 
EtymologyAfroablepharus seydeli has been named after the collector of the type, Charles Henri Victor Seydel (* 29.9.1873 Brussels, † 9.1960 Elisabethville, Belgian Congo). See link for biographical details. (Glenn Shea, pers. comm., 2 Feb 2024)

Ablepharus moeruensis was named after the type locality, Lac Moero (= Lake Mweru]. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Branch, W.R. 2008. PROPOSED KALUKUNDI MINE (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO) - TERRESTRIAL FAUNA. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (FINAL REPORT). A specialist report for Envirolution Consulting (Pty) Ltd., 83 pp.
  • 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
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. 2004. The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo]. African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Jacobson, N. H. G. & D. G. BROADLEY 2000. A new species of Panaspis COPE (Reptilia: Scincidae) from southern Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 49 (1): 61-71 - get paper here
  • Medina, Maria F.; Aaron M. Bauer, William R. Branch, Andreas Schmitz, Werner Conradie, Zoltan T. Nagy, Toby J. Hibbitts, Raffael Ernst, Daniel M. Portik, Stuart V. Nielsen, Timothy J. Colston, Chifundera Kusamba, Mathias Behangana, Mark-Oliver Rödel, 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 - get paper here
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
  • Witte, G. F. de 1933. Reptiles récoltés au Conge Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. Witte. Ann. Mus. Conge belge Zool. Ser. 1 Tome III: 53-100.
  • Witte, G. F. de 1933. Description de Reptiles nouveaux provenant du Katanga (1930-31). Rev. Zool. Bot. afr., Bruxelles, 23 (2): 185-192
  • Witte, Gaston-Fr. de 1936. Description d'une espéce nouvelle du genre Ablepharus provenant du Congo belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 29 (1): 29-33
 
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