Panaspis thomensis CERÍACO, SOARES, MARQUES, BASTOS-SILVEIRA, SCHEINBERG, HARRIS, BREHM & JESUS, 2018
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Panaspis thomensis
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: São Tomé Leaf-litter Skink Portuguese: Lagartixa da manta morta de São Tomé |
| Synonym | Panaspis thomensis CERÍACO, SOARES, MARQUES, BASTOS-SILVEIRA, SCHEINBERG, HARRIS, BREHM & JESUS in SOARES et al. 2018 Mocoa africana — GRAY 1845: 83 Mocoa africana — GREEF 1884: 48 Mocoa africana — BOCAGE 1886: 68; 1889: 34 Mocoa africana — VIEIRA 1886: 237 Lygosoma africanum — BEDRIAGA 1892: 814 Lygosoma africanum — BOCAGE 1905: 92 Lygosoma africanum — BOULENGER 1906: 206 Lygosoma africanum — HENRIQUES 1917: 143 Lygodactylus [sic] africanus — HENRIQUES 1917: 81 Riopa africanum — SMITH 1937: 229 Leiolopisma africana — MITTLEMAN 1952: 10 Lygosoma africanum — MANAÇAS 1958: 185 Panaspis africana africana — FUHN 1972: 261 Panaspis africana — PERRET 1973: 605 Panaspis africana — SCHÄTTI & LOUMONT 1992: 29 Leptosiaphos africana — HAFT 1993: 59, 65 Afroablepharus africana — JESUS et al. 2007 Panaspis thomensis — CERÍACO et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | São Tomé Island (including Rolas Islet and Santana Islet) Type locality: on a trail between Bom Sucesso Botanical Garden and Lagoa Amélia (N: 0.28825, E: 6.608466; WGS-84), São Tomé Island, Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MB = MUHNAC 03-000947, adult male collected by Luis Ceríaco and Mariana Marques on 15 February 2015 (Fig. 3). Paratypes: All specimens from the Island of São Tomé, Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Eight specimens: MB 03-00948 and MB 03-00949, adult male, with the same collecting locality, collectors and date as the holotype; IICT 47-1954 adult male collected in Roça Monte Café (N: 0.30015, E: 6.63986; WGS-84) by Fernando Frade on 25 November 1954; IICT 50-1954, adult male collected in Roça Nova Moka (N: 0.28738, E: 6.63334; WGS-84) by Fernando Frade on 26 November 1954; MHNG 2496.11, adult female collected in Roça Monte Café (N: 0.30015, E: 6.63986; WGS-84) by Fernando Frade on 25 November 1954; MHNG 2540.63, adult unsexed collected in “São Tomé” (no precise locality) by Adolfo Moller on an unknown date (possibly 1885); CAS 219046 adult unsexed collected in trail between Bom Sucesso and Lagoa Amelia (N: 0.26800, E: 6.59131; WGS-84) by Robert C. Drewes, Ricka E. Stoelting and Jens V. Vindum on 14 April 2001; CAS 233693 adult unsexed collected in 0.8 km west (by road) from Abade (N: 0.25411, E: 6.64458; WGS-84) by Robert C. Drewes, J. Uyeda and Jens V. Vindum on 16 May 2006. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis—Panaspis thomensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands Panaspis by the following characteristics 1) preocular and prefrontal scales in contact; 2) a medium SVL (31.1–47.7 mm); 3) the limbs do not touch each other when adpressed to the body; 4) an high number of paraventral scales (37–64); 5) between 10 to 14 lamellae under the fourth toe and 7 to 10 under the fourth finger; 6) an orange- brown coloration on the body. |
| Comment | Synonymy mainly after SOARES et al. 2018. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet “thomensis” refers to the Island of São Tomé and is applied here as a substantive in apposition. |
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