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Panaspis megalurus (NIEDEN, 1913)

IUCN Red List - Panaspis megalurus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blue-tailed snake-eyed skink 
SynonymAblepharus megalurus NIEDEN 1913
Afroablepharus megalurus — GREER 1974
Panaspis megalurus — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 16
Panaspis megalurus — SPAWLS et al. 2002: 155
Panaspis megalura — SPAWLS 2017
Panaspis megalurus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 164 
DistributionC Tanzania (from Unyanganyi south to Sananda on the Central Railway), Kenya

Type locality: “Unyanganyi, east of Singida, Tanganyika territory”, also given as Kinjanganja in Tutu, 4° 50’ S = Unyanganyi, Turu, Tanzania.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 13226, Kinjanganja, D.O.A., collected Stuhlmann. (See Fuhn, 1070). 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 930 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentReference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyFrom the Greek megas (large) and Greek and oura = tail, for the relatively long tail. 
References
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • 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
  • KILUNDA, FELISTA KASYOKA; WERNER CONRADIE, DOMNICK VICTOR WASONGA, JIE-QIONG JIN, MIN-SHENG PENG, ROBERT W. MURPHY, PATRICK KINYATTA MALONZA, JING CHE 2019. Revalidation and resurrection of Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) and the description of a new species of Panaspis Cope (Squamata: Scincidae) from south-eastern Kenya. Zootaxa 4706 (2): 255–274 - get paper here
  • Nieden, F. 1913. Neues Verzeichnis der Kriechtiere (außer den Schlangen) von Deutsch-Ostafrika, I. Teil: Reptilia. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 7 (1): 51-100 - get paper here
  • Spawls, S. 2017. A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maasai Mara Ecosystem. Norwich City College Print Room - get paper here
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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