Panaspis maculicollis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Panaspis maculicollis Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000

Holotype: TM 76922, adult ♂, collected by by N.H.G. Jacobsen and R.E. Newbery on 26 October 1978.
Type locality: “Klein Tshipise, Mutale District, Northern Province, South Africa”.

Panaspis maculicollis Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000: 65 [original combination]
Afroablepharus maculicollis — Schmitz, Ineich & Chirio, 2005: 15 [subsequent combination, by implication]
Panaspis maculicollis — Medina et al., 2016 [subsequent combination, restored to Panaspis]

Jacobsen, N.H.G. & Broadley, D.G. 2000. A new species of Panaspis Cope (Reptilia: Scincidae) from southern Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 49(1): 61–71. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2000.9650017 Reference page.
Schmitz, A., Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2005. Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera. Zootaxa 863(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.863.1.1 . Reference page.
Medina, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Conradie, W., Nagy, Z.T., Hibbitts, T.J., Ernst, R., Portik, D.M., Nielsen, S.V., Colston, T.J., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M., Rödel, M.-O. & Greenbaum, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 409–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026 Reference page.

Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L., Farooq, H. & Chapeta, Y. 2021. IUCN: Panaspis maculicollis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13155178A147704591. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13155178A147704591.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.