| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| 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)”
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| 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. |
| 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
- 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
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