Panaspis aff. maculicollis Jacobsen and Broadley, 2000

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 210

Panaspis aff. maculicollis Jacobsen and Broadley, 2000 Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Skink

Material. MOUNT LICO (base): BMNH 2019.2902– 05, PEM R 23935, PEM R 23937–40. Identification. These specimens lack the characteristic dorsolateral white line ( Fig. 4I ) of P. wahlbergi , and are thus assigned to the P. maculicollis group. A recent study by Medina et al. (2016) identified up to five genetically distinct and morphologically cryptic lineages from central and northern Mozambique. Comments. These small skinks are common in the Eucalyptus plantations and in leaf litter around mango trees.

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Fig. 4. Reptiles from Mount Lico and Mount Socone, northern Mozambique. (A) Agama kirkii; (B) A. mossambica; (C) Chamaeleo dilepis; (D) Rhampholeon tilburyi; (E) Trioceros melleri; (F) Platysaurus maculatus; (G) Lygodactylus sp.; (H) Melanoseps ater; (I) Panaspis aff. maculicollis; (J) Dasypeltis scabra; (K–L) Philothamnus macrops; (M–N) Naja subfulva; (O) Boaedon fuliginosus.