Panaspis helleri

Panaspis helleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Family: Eugongylidae
Genus: Panaspis
Species:
P. helleri
Binomial name
Panaspis helleri
(Loveridge, 1932)
Synonyms[2]
  • Siaphos meleagris helleri
    Loveridge, 1932
  • Lygosoma (Leptosiaphos) helleri
    — Schmidt, 1943
  • Panaspis helleri
    — Welch, 1982

Panaspis helleri is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, helleri, is in honor of American zoologist Edmund Heller.[3]

Reproduction

P. helleri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kusamba C (2021). "Panaspis helleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178573A126510529. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178573A126510529.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Panaspis helleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-02-21.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Panaspis helleri, p. 120).
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