Panaspis tristaoi (MONARD, 1940)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Tristoi’s Snake-eyed Skink
Synonym	Riopa tristaoi MONARD 1940: 166 Lygosoma nimbense ANGEL 1944 Lygosoma (Panaspis) togoense (non WERNER) LOVERIDGE 1952: 257 Panaspis nimbaense — FUHN 1972 Panaspis nimbaensis — PERRET 1973 Panaspis nimbaensis — GREER 1974: 29 Leptosiaphos nimbaense — BARNETT 2001 Panaspis nimbensis — BÖHME et al. 2011: 56 Panaspis tristaoi — TRAPE et al. 2012
Distribution	Guinea (Conakry), Ivory Coast, Gambia Type locality: “Nion, au pied du mont Nimba, 800 m elevation (Guinée)”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1943.48 (= 43-48)
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (5959 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy after PERRET 1973. Panaspis tristaoi (MONARD 1940) is an older name and nimbensis should therefore be a junior synonym (TRAPE et al. 2012).
Etymology	Named after Nunes Tristão, navigator of an exploration of Portuguese Guinea in 1446. L. nimbense was named after the type locality on Mount Nimba. Note that the original spelling was “nimbensis” hence this is the correct name. See Perret 1975. (now a synonym)
References	Angel, F. 1944. Un lézard nouveau du Mont Nimba (Haute Guinée francaise) appartenant au genre Lygosoma (Matériaux de la mission Lamotte au Mont Nimba en 1942). Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris 16: 293-294 - get paper here Barbault, R. 1976. Population Dynamics and Reproductive Patterns of Three African Skinks Copeia 1976 (3): 483-490. - get paper here Barbault,R. 1974. Dynamique des populations naturelles du lézard Panaspis nimbaensis dans les savanes de Lamto (Cotte d'Ivoire). Bull. Soc. Zool. France (Paris) 99: 345-361 Barnett, Linda K. 2001. The herpetofauna of Abuko Nature Reserve, the Gambia. Herpetological Bulletin (77): 5-1 - get paper here Barnett, Linda K. & Emms, Craig 2005. Common reptiles of The Gambia. Rare Repro, Hailsham, East Sussex, 24 pp. Böhme, Wolfgang, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Christian Brede & Philipp Wagner 2011. The reptiles (Testudines, Squamata, Crocodylia) of the forested southeast of the Republic Guinea (Guinée forestière), with a country-wide checklist. Bonn zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 35-61 - get paper here dos Reis-Silva F, Alves-Martins F, Martínez-Arribas J, Pizzigalli C, Seck S, Rainho A, Rocha R, Palmeirim AF 2025. Amphibian and reptile dataset across different land-use types in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: e147388 - 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 Loveridge,A. 1952. nan Bull. Inst. fond. Afr. noire 14 (15): 257 - get paper here Monard, ALBERT 1940. Résultats de la mission du Dr. Monard en Guinée Portugaise 1937 – 1938. Arq. Mus. Bocage, Lisbon 11: 147-182 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 Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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