''Panaspis seydeli'', also known as the Seydel's snake-eyed skink, is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of lidless skink, a

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

in the

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Scincidae. The species is known from the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

and

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

Etymology

The

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, ''seydeli'', is in honor of Belgian lepidopterist

Charles Henri Victor Seydel Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

(1873–1960). Beolens B, Watkins M,

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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Afroablepharus seydeli'', p. 241).

Geographic range

''P. seydeli'' is found in the southeastern

and northern

References

* de Witte G-F (1933). "''Reptiles récoltés au Congo Belge par le Dr. H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. de Witte''". ''Annales du Musée royal du Congo Belge, Première Série'' 3: 53–100. (''Ablepharus seydeli'', new species, p. 78). (in French). * Greer AE (1974). "The genetic relationships of the Scincid lizard genus ''Leiolopisma'' and its relatives". ''Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series'' 22 (31): 1–67. (''Afroablepharus seydeli'', new combination). * (''Panaspis seydeli''). seydeli Skinks of Africa Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Reptiles of Zambia Reptiles described in 1933 Taxa named by Gaston-François de Witte {{skink-stub

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