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Panaspis ericae MARQUES, PARRINHA, LOPES-LIMA, TIUTENKO, BAUER & CERÍACO, 2024

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Erica’s Snake-Eyed Skink
Portuguese: Lagartixa da Manta-Morta de Erica 
SynonymPanaspis ericae MARQUES, PARRINHA, LOPES-LIMA, TIUTENKO, BAUER & CERÍACO 2024: 173 
DistributionAngola (Namibe)

Type locality: rock outcrops near Catchi, Serra da Neve (-13.7653, 13.2571, 1645 m), Namibe Province, Republic of Angola  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. MUNHAC/MB03-001525 (field number LMPC 3209; Fig. 3), unsexed adult, collected by Mariana P. Marques, Diogo Parrinha, Arthur Tiutenko and Luis M.P. Ceríaco on 29 October 2022.
Paratypes. MUNHAC/MB03-001526 (field number LMPC 3210), same data as holotype; MUNHAC/MB03-001528 (field number LMPC 3275) from the basecamp near Catchi (-13.7627, 13.2562, 1597 m), Namibe Province, Republic of Angola, collected on 1 November 2022; MUNHAC/MB03-001529-001531 (field numbers LMPC 3282, 3354, 3355; Fig. 4) from 2 km N of Maylowe, near a dry riverbed (-13.8265, 13.2601, 720 m), Namibe Province, Republic of Angola, collected between 3 and 5 November 2022. All specimens were collected by the same collectors as the holotype.
Additional material. 2 km N of Maylowe, near dry riverbed [-13.8265, 13.2601, 720 m] (MUNHAC/ MB03-001534). 
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References
  • Marques MP, Parrinha D, Lopes-Lima M, Tiutenko A, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP 2024. A treasure trove of endemics: two new species of snake-eyed skinks of the genus Panaspis Cope, 1868 (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, southwestern Angola. Evolutionary Systematics 8(2): 167-182 - get paper here
 
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