Panaspis tancredi
The Ethiopian snake-eyed skink (Panaspis tancredi), also known commonly as Boulenger's dwarf skink, is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic in Ethiopia.[1]
| Panaspis tancredi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Panaspis |
| Species: | P. tancredi |
| Binomial name | |
| Panaspis tancredi (Boulenger, 1909) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Etymology
The specific name, tancredi, is in honor of Italian explorer Alfonso Maria Tancredi (died 1942).[2]
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of P. tancredi is unknown.[1]
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References
- Panaspis tancredi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-21.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Afroablepharus tancredi, p. 260).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1909). "On the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by the Tancredi Expedition to Lake Tsana, Abyssinia". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Terza 4: 193. (Ablepharus tancredii, new species).
- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Panaspis tancredi, p. 407).
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