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Panaspis megalurus

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Panaspis megalurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species:
P. megalurus
Binomial name
Panaspis megalurus
(Nieden, 1913)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ablepharus megalurus Nieden, 1913
  • Afroablepharus megalurus (Nieden, 1913)

Panaspis megalurus, also known as the blue-tailed snake-eyed skink[1][2] or Nieden's dwarf skink,[3] is a species of lidless skinks in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[1][2]

Panaspis megalurus is a small skink measuring about 41 mm (1.6 in) in snout–vent length. The tail is very long, more than three times the body length.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Msuya, C.A.; Ngalason, W.; Howell, K. (2019). "Panaspis megalurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13155188A13155197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T13155188A13155197.en. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Panaspis megalurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (26 July 2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
  4. ^ Kilunda, Felista Kasyoka; Conradie, Werner; Wasonga, Domnick Victor; Jin, Jie-Qiong; Peng, Min-Sheng; Murphy, Robert W.; Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta; Che, Jing (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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4706.2.3. PMID 32230541. S2CID 214306438.