''Panaspis'' is a

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s, commonly called lidless skinks or snake-eyed skinks,

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Sub-saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

Species

The following 21

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, listed alphabetically by

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, are recognized as being valid: *'' Panaspis africana'' (

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, 1845) –

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lidless skink *'' Panaspis annettesabinae'' Colston, Pyron, & Bauer, 2020 – Sabin's snake-eyed skink *''

Panaspis annobonensis ''Panaspis'' is a genus of skinks, commonly called lidless skinks or snake-eyed skinks, Endemism, endemic to Sub-saharan Africa. Species The following 21 species, listed alphabetically by Specific name (zoology), specific name, are recognized as ...

'' ( Fuhn, 1972) –

Annobón Annobón ( es, Provincia de Annobón; pt, Ano-Bom), and formerly as ''Anno Bom'' and ''Annabona'', is a province (smallest province in both area and population) of Equatorial Guinea consisting of the island of Annobón, formerly also Pigalu a ...

lidless skink *'' Panaspis breviceps'' ( W. Peters, 1873) – Peters's lidless skink, short-headed snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis burgeoni'' (

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, 1933) *'' Panaspis cabindae'' (

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, 1866) – Cabinda lidless skink, cabinda snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis duruarum'' ( Monard, 1949) *'' Panaspis helleri'' ( Loveridge, 1932) *'' Panaspis maculicollis'' ( Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000) – speckle-lipped snake-eyed skink, spotted-neck snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis massaiensis'' (Angel, 1924) – Maasai snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis megalurus'' (

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, 1913) – blue-tailed snake-eyed skink, Nieden's dwarf skinkBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Panaspis megalurus'', p. 190). *'' Panaspis mocamedensis'' Ceríaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques, & Bauer, 2020 – Moçamedes snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis namibiana'' Ceríaco,

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Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis seydeli'' (de Witte, 1933) – Seydel's snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis tancredii'' (

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, 1909) –

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n snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis thomensis'' Ceríaco,

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leaf-litter skink *'' Panaspis togoensis'' ( F. Werner, 1902) –

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

lidless skink *'' Panaspis tristaoi'' (Monard, 1940) – Nimba snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis tsavoensis'' Kilunda, Conradie, Wasonga, Jin, Peng, Murphy, Malonza, & Che, 2019 – Tsavo snake-eyed skink *''

Panaspis wahlbergii ''Panaspis wahlbergii'', also known commonly as the Angolan snake-eyed skink, the savannah lidless skink, and Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa. ...

'' ( A. Smith, 1849) –

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n snake-eyed skink, savannah lidless skink, Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis wilsoni'' (F. Werner, 1919) – Wilson's snake-eyed skink ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Panaspis''.

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