''Panaspis'' is a

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

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Species

The following 22

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

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, 1845) –

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

lidless skink *'' Panaspis annettesabinae'' Colston, Pyron, & Bauer, 2020 – Sabin's snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis annobonensis'' ( Fuhn, 1972) –

Annobón Annobón (; ) is a province of Equatorial Guinea. The province consists of the island of Annobón and its associated islets in the Gulf of Guinea. Annobón is the smallest province of Equatorial Guinea in both area and population. According t ...

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 ericae ''Panaspis ericae'' is a species of lidless skinks in the family Scincidae, native to Africa. It was first discovered in 2022 in Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of ...

'' *'' Panaspis helleri'' ( Loveridge, 1932) *'' Panaspis maculicollis'' ( Jacobsen &

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, 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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& Bauer, 2018 –

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

n snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis seydeli'' (de Witte, 1933) – Seydel's snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis tancredii'' ( Boulenger, 1909) –

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

n snake-eyed skink *'' Panaspis thomensis'' Ceríaco, Soares, Marques, Bastos-Silveira,

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leaf-litter skink *'' Panaspis togoensis'' (

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Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

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'' (

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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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