Panaspis breviceps ( Peters, 1873 )

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 47

Panaspis breviceps ( Peters, 1873)

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Euprepes (Mabuia) breviceps Peters, 1873: 604 . Type locality: “ Gabun ”. Gabon.

Lygosoma breviceps ( Peters, 1873) : Boulenger 1887: 300.

Mabuia batesi Boulenger, 1900: 449 . Type locality: “Benito River” Río Benito , Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea.

Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) buchneri Werner, 1909: 62 . Type locality: “ Kamerun ”.

Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) auricillatum Chabanaud, 1917a: 98 . Type locality: “ Congo: Lambaréné ”.

Emoia breviceps ( Peters, 1873) : Loveridge 1936b: 71.

Riopa (Panaspis) breviceps ( Peters, 1873) : Smith 1937: 229

Panaspis breviceps ( Peters, 1873) : Mittleman 1952: 17–23.

Distribution. Central Africa, from Cameroon to Central African Republic and southward to northern Angola. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Basilé ( Boulenger 1906), Ureca ( Mertens 1964a), and at a beach (likely in Aleñá) across from the Island of Loros ( Mertens 1964a), and in Río Muni at Benito River ( Boulenger 1900; Perret 1973), and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002), including Monte Mitra forest ( Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) ( Map 12A ).

Comments. A hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships of this species was provided by Schmitz et al. (2005). It is phylogenetically allied to Panaspis cf. togoensis from Cameroon ( Schmitz et al. 2005).

Specimens examined. Two specimens. Río Muni: San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 1990 ( EBD 31521_B-9523); imprecise locality (from Nsork, Nvom or Campo River), 1986–1987 ( EBD 25051) .

Figures

FIGURE 11. From left to right: dorsal, lateral and ventral views of the head of: Lacertaspis rohdei (A) (EBD 25052), Panaspis breviceps (B) (EBD 31521_B-9523), and Panaspis annobonensis (C) (EBD 23583). Photos: AS-V.

MAPS 12 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Panaspis breviceps; (B) Panaspis annobonensis; (C) Mochlus fernandi.