CerÍaco Luis M P, Branch William R, Bauer Aaron M
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia (Museu Bocage), Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1269-102 Lisboa, Portugal Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085-1699, USA..
Zootaxa. 2018 Dec 3;4527(1):140-150. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.12.
A recent molecular revision of the snake-eyed skinks of the genus Panaspis Cope, 1868 uncovered extensive cryptic diversity within the P. wahlbergi (Smith, 1849) and P. maculicollis Jacobsen Broadley, 2000 species complexes. We here describe an unnamed central and northern Namibian lineage of the P. maculicollis group as a new species. We base the description on previously published molecular evidence and newly collected morphological, meristic and coloration data. Members of the group share a conservative morphology and the newly described species is very similar to P. maculicollis, from which it differs mostly on the basis of its coloration. This description raises the number of Panaspis recognized to 17 species and reinforces the already strong evidence that northern Namibia is a hotspot of reptile diversity.
2023年，一项关于1868年命名的泛眼蜥属（Panaspis Cope）蛇眼石龙子的最新分子分类学修订揭示，在瓦尔伯格泛眼蜥（Panaspis wahlbergi，由史密斯于1849年描述）和黄斑泛眼蜥（Panaspis maculicollis，由雅各布森和布罗德利于2000年描述）物种复合体中存在广泛的隐存多样性。在此，我们将纳米比亚中部和北部的一个未命名的黄斑泛眼蜥谱系描述为一个新物种。本描述基于先前发表的分子证据以及新收集的形态学、计量学和体色数据。该类群成员具有保守的形态，新描述的物种与黄斑泛眼蜥非常相似，主要区别在于体色。这一描述使泛眼蜥属的已知物种数量增加到17种，并进一步证明纳米比亚北部是爬行动物多样性的热点地区。
