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<figureCitation id="5F2AA8413E2E317714AECEEEA7D47BB8" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Live photo of the holotype of Panaspis ericae sp. nov. (MUNHAC / MB 03-001525) from vicinity of Catchi, Serra da Neve. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099831">Figs 3</figureCitation>
,
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,
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<figureCitation id="21D7452F982365FB267D066DF94A672C" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Topographic map of the Serra da Neve Inselberg with collection localities of Panaspis species in the region. Stars represent the type localities of the newly described species." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099834">6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="45856E80D7231131A2048EC5ACB1A07C" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Miombo woodlands near the type locality of P. ericae sp. nov., in Catchi, Serra da Neve. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099835">7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="35A211D527B0E424387DB506194E86FC" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Dry riverbed in mopane woodlands and its associated leaflitter in the base of Serra da Neve, near Maylowe, where some of the paratypes of Panaspis ericae sp. nov., were collected. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099836">8</figureCitation>
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This new species belongs to the clade containing both
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and the Gulf of
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Oceanic Island taxa,
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and
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. The phylogenetic relationship between
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and the island taxa had already been highlighted by
<bibRefCitation id="40C5E03028699F913D29ED507533DA9B" DOI="10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026" author="Medina MF &amp; Bauer AM &amp; Branch WR &amp; Schmitz A &amp; Conradie W &amp; Nagy ZT &amp; Hibbitts TJ &amp; Ernst R &amp; Portik DM &amp; Nielsen SV &amp; Colston TJ &amp; Kusamba C &amp; Behangana M &amp; Rödel M-O" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Medina" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution" pagination="409-423" refId="B28" refString="Medina MF, Bauer AM, Branch WR, Schmitz A, Conradie W, Nagy ZT, Hibbitts TJ, Ernst R, Portik DM, Nielsen SV, Colston TJ, Kusamba C, Behangana M, Rödel M-O (2016) Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 409–423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026" title="Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa." volume="100" year="2016">Medina et al. (2016)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="09A67D4B2AA80B4FAFA6C1181D1CCE7F" DOI="10.1080/21564574.2017.1413015" author="Soares LB &amp; Ceríaco LMP &amp; Marques MP &amp; Bastos-Silveira C &amp; Scheinberg LA &amp; Harris DJ &amp; Brehm A &amp; Jesus J" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Soares" refId="B41" refString="Soares LB, Ceríaco LMP, Marques MP, Bastos-Silveira C, Scheinberg LA, Harris DJ, Brehm A, Jesus J (2018) Review of the leaf-litter skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from the Gulf of Guinea oceanic islands, with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology. https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2017.1413015" year="2018">Soares et al. (2018)</bibRefCitation>
and
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. The discovery of an additional taxa belonging to this Central-African clade is interesting, especially in the biogeographic context of the Serra da Neve inselberg. While most of the taxa occurring in the inselberg and its surroundings belong to here called “ southern African ” clades, the presence of other Central African associated species such as
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<emphasis id="DD1ED7B18636582B1AAE5105AEE9A129" italics="true">P. cabindae</emphasis>
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(
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denotes a past connectivity between Serra da Neve and the north-south humid / highland corridors that allow taxa from Central Africa to expand to southern regions such as Namibe Province.
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(field number
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; Fig.
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), unsexed
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,
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,
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),
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,
<collectingCountry id="BD26547A4CB7C5C548C54813B242CCA9" name="Angola">Republic of Angola</collectingCountry>
, collected by
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,
<collectorName id="19D3ED07772A49FDCF1BD00E804A917A">Diogo Parrinha</collectorName>
,
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and
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on
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.
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A654C9E2D3675620A55113564DD4C287">
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<typeStatus id="62EC1022525825BF863C7108121C6789" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
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</abbrev>
/
<specimenCode id="99B6CF6CF5CEA75A3B19835CE6393B57">MB 03-001526</specimenCode>
(field number LMPC 3210), same data as holotype
</materialsCitation>
;
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<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EQXAE" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">
<collectionCode id="5F4B3CB6111930619734952935AEDAEA">MUNHAC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<specimenCode id="5C432FB1378B73402BB8424BF0E04389">MB 03-001528</specimenCode>
(field number LMPC 3275) from the basecamp
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(
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</quantity>
),
<collectingRegion id="8833845575EF992503C287A58666FC5A" country="Angola" name="Namibe">Namibe Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="3B43853825415E7B043250029C35EE65" name="Angola">Republic of Angola</collectingCountry>
, collected on
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<collectingDate id="0F973340437F152925E5614AAD57AE86" value="2022-11-01">1 November 2022</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
;
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<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0E4XAE" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">
<collectionCode id="891976C2D231DFE5DC6BBCC966838435">MUNHAC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<specimenCode id="E092F576E79EA40D36C49FEA8390C385">MB 03-001529</specimenCode>
- 001531 (field numbers LMPC 3282, 3354, 3355; Fig.
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) from
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N of
</locationDeviation>
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,
<collectedFrom id="4E3029B1C6A6BEA757CC59349546C843">near a dry riverbed</collectedFrom>
(
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,
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</named-content>
,
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</quantity>
),
<collectingRegion id="97FC51A336A0A55DAF50B38CF8745FA0" country="Angola" name="Namibe">Namibe Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="E118EFD6E60CE26EEF6050C14C74319E" name="Angola">Republic of Angola</collectingCountry>
, collected between
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<collectingDate id="A680B6F002AA9B3A5EFD9F43EC4F5DCC" value="2022-11-03" valueMax="2022-11-05" valueMin="2022-11-03">3 and 5 November 2022</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
. All specimens were collected by the same collectors as the
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EOYAE" type="material">
<paragraph id="513476030018F8A1F77A9D7297E1CA42">
<heading id="3D8A3C284887FF07EA83C982B1370E32" reason="title">Additional material.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="006BC7648D9B576D59677FD6BC81A9D8">
<quantity id="5C89B153D97C9CD2DDC76139E6F67BAF" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" unit="km" value="2.0">2 km</quantity>
N of Maylowe, near dry riverbed [
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<geoCoordinate id="FA8E5545C0567B9B738386413EFF2AEF" degrees="13.8265" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-13.8265">- 13.8265</geoCoordinate>
,
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</named-content>
,
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] (
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0E3YAE" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/
<collectionCode id="AEECDAF0BB7DC09857E596ACCA94DC66" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
03-001534).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EBZAE" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="7ECCFC4466FD887F0E0636C6CF37711B">
<heading id="80D03D1F7055F9B90590C1DCA829C3EF" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A5AD74CEA2B1AAA4606689E7C1A86221">
<taxonomicName id="C25E56CF4F1A56147C8D81922C500BBF" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5C321CEB02422E0F558F930EDDBB5704" italics="true">Panaspis ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F8D175D1DF28D09DE4BC8B00E1871BA3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from other member of the genus by the following combination of characteristics: 1) presence of supranasals; 2) pre-ablepharine eye (as defined by
<bibRefCitation id="6FBDD2D3BA196D2A8867F13BBDDEA7D9" DOI="10.1071/AJZS031" author="Greer" firstAuthor="Greer" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Zoology" pagination="1-67" refId="B14" refString="Greer AE (1974) The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1–67. https://doi.org/10.1071/AJZS031" title="The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives." volume="31" year="1974">Greer 1974</bibRefCitation>
); 3) frontoparietals not fused, in broad contact with each other; 4) dorsum coppery-brown, with a dorsolateral light stripe extending to tail, followed by dark brown flanks; 5) absence of dark spots on middorsal region; 5) absence of rows of light spots on the neck; 6) absence of a white ventrolateral stripe; 7) 23 to 26 midbody scales rows.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EZZAE" type="description">
<paragraph id="1CAB694D332BBBECEF9E4FBC392C25EF">
<heading id="BB99D944B4FE6860A18908FD6C7D9366" reason="title">
Description of the
<typeStatus id="5E239DF2CA5988B7FA307540330EB26C" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="13F6D42F630D0EC6151D0AE7BE93AAF6">
Unsexed adult in good condition. Arrangement and relative size of head, body and tail scalation typical for
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<emphasis id="6C90DA9B2D0E9589560141ECDA93446F" italics="true">Panaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Robust, cylindrical body with well-developed pentadactyl limbs. Fore- and hind-limbs do not overlap when adpressed against the body.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EG1AE" xlink_title="snout–vent length">SVL</abbrev>
<quantity id="E4EB3422FFD58C5923433EF0163D19E8" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.26" unit="mm" value="32.6">32.6 mm</quantity>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK1AE" xlink_title="tail length">TL</abbrev>
<quantity id="CDD583F38313DC33D2A3BC7E299CA488" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4799999999999995" unit="mm" value="44.8">44.8 mm</quantity>
. Head length
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, with relatively acuminate snout (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO1AE" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
148 %
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES1AE" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
). Other relevant measurements are presented in Table
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. Rostral wider than high, and visible from above. Nasals widely separated behind rostral by frontonasal. Frontonasal flat anteriorly, wider than long. Nostrils small, set posteriorly in the nasals bordering the postnasal; supranasals present. Prefrontals separated from each other, contacting loreals, first supraciliary, first supraocular, frontonasal and frontal. Two loreals, subequal in size; two preoculars, inferior slightly larger. Frontal length shorter than distance between anterior tip of frontal and tip of snout; frontal in contact with prefrontals and frontonasal anteriorly, and with first supraoculars and frontoparietals posteriorly. Frontoparietals fused, in contact with each other, the frontal, supraoculars, parietals and interparietal. Frontoparietal plus interparietal length about 1.5 times the length of the frontal. Interparietal diamond shaped, posterior edge more acuminate, with visible parietal foramen in the center; parietals about the same width as that of the frontoparietals and contacting each other behind interparietal. A pair of large, broad nuchals collectively bordered by a total of eight dorsals. Supraoculars three. Supraciliaries four (left side) and five (right side), first higher than broad, last wider than high. Pretemporals two. Tympanum visible, ear opening wider than high, approximately one-fourth the height of the eye. Supralabials seven, the fifth being the subocular. Pre-ablepharine eye. Infralabials six. Postmental bordering seven scales (mental, two primary chin-shields, and two infralabials on each side). Ventral scales smooth.
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25,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E51AE" xlink_title="number of paravertebral scales">SAD</abbrev>
57,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EC2AE" xlink_title="number of scales ventrally">SAV</abbrev>
58. Scales on palms and soles smooth. Relative length of digits of manus
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&gt;
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&gt;
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&gt;
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&gt; I; relative length of digits of pes
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&gt;
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&gt; II =
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&gt; I; tips missing on digits III of right pes, II of left pes, and digit 4 of right manus.
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</abbrev>
10 (left side);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK2AE" xlink_title="number of subdigital scales under Toe-IV">
<collectionCode id="7F6919A0C6D6AB35D9C1FFA5A9A87DEF">LUFT</collectionCode>
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14 (right and left side). Tail long, robust and tapering smoothly.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B12245891906234DB7B8A239C6C5200">In preservative, dorsal aspect of head, dorsum and tail coppery brown; tail slightly lighter. A light dorsolateral stripe runs from posterior edge of eye through tail (becoming mostly indistinct on distal half of tail), bordered below by a thin black line. Flanks, face and sides of tail uniformly dark to greyish brown, slightly lighter on tail. Labials greyish white, with dark spots. Scales individually stippled with black, especially on top of head; some irregularly scattered dark spots on head and tail, but not on flanks or middorsal region. Ventrum greyish white; underside of tail creamy white.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EP2AE" type="variation">
<paragraph id="13EDF6BE1D5CD409C6BFC36953DCDDC0">
<heading id="1B144DD6EB69025EB2FA4C4CF76DD7D0" reason="title">Variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B9C8474186E6007D8716E6993BB483D9">
Variaton in scalation and body measurements of the type series of
<taxonomicName id="B47C8E555A5A706A6365932A258B3221" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9BB219DE55F946FF7C6D5B5A48722571" italics="true">Panaspis ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D49A104F8AAD47FC9822212B00401C85" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is reported in Table
<tableCitation id="D6EE219597A991DF772D051C39FEC778" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4. Measurements (in mm) and scale counts of the holotype and paratypes of Panaspis ericae sp. nov. and Panaspis mundavambo sp. nov. Abbreviations are the same as those described in Materials and methods." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/AA67A503E4D486C3B497DF816AFE92B0" tableUuid="AA67A503E4D486C3B497DF816AFE92B0">4</tableCitation>
. The majority of the
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agree entirely with the
<typeStatus id="58F5CA506BFEC3D4BB62675278995B11" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, with few minor variations. In
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EE3AE" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/
<collectionCode id="0DB3ACCAE6FD04BD5DCD10BAB5B4AE30" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
03-001528 the prefrontals are in single point contact instead of separated.
<typeStatus id="DF9F5B2D3E89FE3329F3ED47D4E99377" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EJ3AE" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/
<collectionCode id="88BF3E22BCC4D4612B5C1A1EBB348B29" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
03-001529 has an intrusive scale between parietals and nuchals. All
<typeStatus id="F9C6A186F3AE8EAA174A9A84E650032B" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
generally agree with the
<typeStatus id="0D198DC35DD35BC65EDC399D88832C65" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in terms of coloration.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EO3AE" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="6A4A27F043ADE900A6ADE2E2D335EFF8">
<heading id="76261943483B46DC0B7A7C82BF074A2E" reason="title">
Comparison with other Southwestern African
<taxonomicName id="7413E55EB7767DD770585306A09BE91A" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1868" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="625D121685F5599389584B92F4B10761" italics="true">Panaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and related forms.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9D9570C7FA1CD61BA80A56039763DF5A">
As the molecular data provide evidence of the independence of the
<taxonomicName id="0742617F688CF36EAD02662D96E9B62A" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="169EDEDDE4F3438273CD686E1A59AE90" italics="true">P. ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4DAF9D894DFDCCD4F1251EB4C2F15BC1" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
lineage from all other taxa, we here restrict our morphological comparisons to those named congeners occurring in
<collectingCountry id="412DEB5E377D8391478DE750E3F452FE" name="Namibia">Namibia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="AF8E8B01767E33665B6DAE63D3E6707E" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
and its sister taxa from the Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="5BA54D0038BA8D1CBF9DE67278F0943A" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
Oceanic Islands (
<taxonomicName id="61A602B0DE91B28ED80F3C18E1593C4E" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="4547C18C533F89993EABEB4B2DFCDA6C" italics="true">P. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4BD7E8B2C97FB09241D5C4A628E56204" authorityName="Ceriaco, Soares, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm &amp; Jesus" authorityYear="2018" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thomensis">
<emphasis id="ABEAD536CE2A87D6195A417C6EF3EE06" italics="true">P. thomensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EEED7585868B92CF14AFA75D8F2AD3AB" authorityName="Fuhn" authorityYear="1972" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annobonensis">
<emphasis id="19C253F39DFE80FFB33B7DCB9D5CD2EE" italics="true">P. annobonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="AB1E9D5FDAAF7AF55659271130AF0B2B" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="EE4EDB1CA47E98558A82E123FA797EA4" italics="true">P. ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93A9C4DBF8512CBDC2FB67BF7EA19F0C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can immediately be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="15D73CE1D6F11F871953D50B61C4492E" authorityName="Jacobsen &amp; Broadley" authorityYear="2000" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculicollis">
<emphasis id="772E7D09A157B86E9A8A9DC820BDE005" italics="true">P. maculicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="809142A6C84178B4698E537B3F1D941C" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1849" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wahlbergii">
<emphasis id="E616394DD2CFDA608FED7D723AE29584" italics="true">P. wahlbergii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8B7A509B3697109BF7F6045393CE9398" authorityName="Ceriaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques &amp; Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mocamedensis">
<emphasis id="DD9FC55C3AA05757465103F64D1D1FFE" italics="true">P. mocamedensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="226B8B3862970E5929E73F78A6FF8D62" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mundavambo" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="27CEE5ADB52141DB5E75014C93371F02" italics="true">P. mundavambo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0D8E62C567A7C70FCC33E6F6DA601E3" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by having its frontoparietal scales not fused and in median contact, while on the latter taxa the frontoparietals are fused. It can also be easily distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="8E9CAC9BF2E7DBFCE7CD2898ECDFE5C6" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1873" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="breviceps">
<emphasis id="22F131F18C95ABEB77209A3B0CD5D35F" italics="true">P.</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="EEBA263F5678AABFC1FA333F532273D8" italics="true">breviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the condition of the eye (pre-ablepharine
<emphasis id="49A27E497E58992A291A0A2B3CD7DEC8" italics="true">versus</emphasis>
completely movable lower eyelids in
<taxonomicName id="8F5EAAE5CF161DBC4D1C2E1345D4F742" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1873" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="breviceps">
<emphasis id="2E8F185DE3DD78412E24F4E79F467481" italics="true">P.</emphasis>
aff.
<emphasis id="A6AA639B25109446E351FD12C4E5B820" italics="true">breviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and a considerably lower number of midbody scale rows (23–26
<emphasis id="8B550788CABCDC02F93E44D68A19149E" italics="true">versus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="2CDE361EF26F8AC4811D78F1E4B364B2" baseAuthorityName="Peters" baseAuthorityYear="1873" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="breviceps">
<emphasis id="9B5D77C2FD8913BA2EFD88094A87F22B" italics="true">P.</emphasis>
aff
<emphasis id="F2C8BD69B9ADAA2E8E968D988888A5C0" italics="true">breviceps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Similarly, it can also be easily distinguished from the Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="13F3CFC916ABBC6DC8211C1CD3F35AEA" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
Oceanic Island species,
<taxonomicName id="041C86BC949E9559D9193E94146CCE1D" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1845" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="0C047F8A1DDE7ED119E97F3EB2FDBA14" italics="true">P. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8B0543070932969128FEC077E8AB530E" authorityName="Ceriaco, Soares, Marques, Bastos-Silveira, Scheinberg, Harris, Brehm &amp; Jesus" authorityYear="2018" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thomensis">
<emphasis id="B2C2D2A92D043468795C48F6C3B23F56" italics="true">P. thomensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="31E62B1CA48EE355DB24D4FBB894376E" authorityName="Fuhn" authorityYear="1972" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annobonensis">
<emphasis id="551F9BF7F29291B621E45952370CE5D4" italics="true">P. annobonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the eyelid condition (pre-ablepharine in
<taxonomicName id="61E85532BB61DB266E2706F73B5429F1" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="90107902A8EAD7BCE6E68C44E53BA155" italics="true">P. ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E1E85BE792C50AC3BF34F4D9FD21FFAC" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="B1FAE9DE07EB1EBF4A7650D155267312" italics="true">versus</emphasis>
completely movable lower eyelids in the latter taxa).
<taxonomicName id="1CD6FFAFC5FE2C310F4E0E12DBCB42CC" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8CD052E7891A66D8CAB4A86E9C3CDE7F" italics="true">P. ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C26D43BE685796FEA1F527A051ED345E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is morphologically very similar to
<taxonomicName id="F0A74D76E50305476BD2EE27AE7269A8" baseAuthorityName="Bocage" baseAuthorityYear="1866" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cabindae">
<emphasis id="1823D08EC19FA7F0EFDBAA95FF976C0A" italics="true">P. cabindae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with which it was originally confused in the field. Due to the extreme morphological conservatism of the genus, the morphological differences between these two species are subtle. However, since the two species are truly cryptic we followed
<bibRefCitation id="4AB54B541B6A085B46018D90772508D4" DOI="10.1371/journal.pbio.3002251" author="Rheindt F &amp; Bouchard P &amp; Pyle RL &amp; Welter-Schultes F &amp; Aescht E &amp; Ahyong ST &amp; Ballerio A &amp; Bourgoin T &amp; Ceríaco LMP &amp; Dmitriev D &amp; Evenhuis N &amp; Grygier MJ &amp; Harvey MS &amp; Kottelat M &amp; Kluge N &amp; Krell F-T &amp; Kojima J &amp; Kullander SO &amp; Lucinda P &amp; Lyal CHC &amp; Scioscia CL &amp; Whitmore D &amp; Yanega D &amp; Zhang Z-Q &amp; Zhou H-Z &amp; Pape T" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Rheindt" refId="B37" refString="Rheindt F, Bouchard P, Pyle RL, Welter-Schultes F, Aescht E, Ahyong ST, Ballerio A, Bourgoin T, Ceríaco LMP, Dmitriev D, Evenhuis N, Grygier MJ, Harvey MS, Kottelat M, Kluge N, Krell F-T, Kojima J, Kullander SO, Lucinda P, Lyal CHC, Scioscia CL, Whitmore D, Yanega D, Zhang Z-Q, Zhou H-Z, Pape T (2023) Tightening the requirements for species diagnoses would help integrate DNA-based descriptions in taxonomic practice. PLoS Biology 21 (8): e 3002251. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002251" year="2023">Rheindt et al. (2023)</bibRefCitation>
and present a molecular diagnosis of the species.
<taxonomicName id="767E274F2D9B5302EFB6FAB6812CD05A" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="92A96D240DB0AD96D7D32586D3C57E1D" italics="true">Panaspis ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2F9296DA0D469F024CB49C3892E8DDB6" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
, differs from its closest relative
<taxonomicName id="CCDE1322ED43150E19073A4EC84F097D" baseAuthorityName="Bocage" baseAuthorityYear="1866" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cabindae">
<emphasis id="16BA048B808FD21B3D8CB678BB54D980" italics="true">P. cabindae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by a total of 23 fixed single nucleotide substitutions plus one insertion in the 16 S rRNA alignment and by 11 fixed single nucleotide substitutions in the
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3EAG" xlink_title="Recombination Activating Protein 1">RAG 1</abbrev>
alignment (see Appendix 2). The main molecular diagnostic feature between both species is the base nucleotide composition at positions 112, 114, 131, 150, 167, 208, 209, 219, 229, 231, 232, 282, 288, 295, 304, 315, 317, 318, 320, 322, 324, 325, 334, and 336 of the 16 S rRNA gene alignment and positions 6, 15, 183, 215, 234, 354, 366, 519, 521, 568, and 570 of the
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAFAG" xlink_title="Recombination Activating Protein 1">RAG 1</abbrev>
gene alignment.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EEFAG" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="1162E806057726F7DFF76BFDBFBDDB5E">
<heading id="75F2A19D6C4D10913D1D4D4CC73093D0" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="886D1D33A0A2ADB0F90885EE54117D95">
The newly described species is currently only known from the Serra da Neve Inselberg in northern
<collectingRegion id="F2C8ABA7E037AD787CF30B6DA8F2D933" country="Angola" name="Namibe">Namibe Province</collectingRegion>
, southwestern
<collectingCountry id="D842ADF1A9BCB9B614E29EE88ADA8337" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="4FA9EF47AEEDCC37748D1B80233A2B1D" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Topographic map of the Serra da Neve Inselberg with collection localities of Panaspis species in the region. Stars represent the type localities of the newly described species." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099834">6</figureCitation>
). Given the isolation of the inselberg and the stark contrast with its surrounding habitat, the newly described species is assumed to be endemic to Serra da Neve.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EOFAG" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="9EE12568B5264F27A0A0BCEEDEBBF155">
<heading id="A13EF9FCFBE7775554FD999C4FD91690" reason="title">Habitat and natural history notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="859BF781771780BB27E804EA25D3C6C4">
In the highlands of Serra da Neve, at about
<quantity id="F7C1D25DBEF60A6E694F07DAB06763BC" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="m" value="1600.0">1600 m</quantity>
above sea level, specimens were collected under leaf litter in an area dominated by dense Miombo woodlands (
<collectionCode id="0CC56A9AF8866550241CC71C1C4572C7" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
03-001525, 001526, 001528) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4321E612E5CE6182C7E4A4B8116BDEC3" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Miombo woodlands near the type locality of P. ericae sp. nov., in Catchi, Serra da Neve. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099835">7</figureCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="396E05CF6E552DE25300B4E558E73D3D" author="Grandvaux-Barbosa" firstAuthor="Grandvaux-Barbosa" journalOrPublisher="Instituto de Investigação Científica de Angola, Luanda" refId="B13" refString="Grandvaux-Barbosa LA (1970) Carta Fitogeográfica de Angola. Instituto de Investigação Científica de Angola, Luanda, 323 pp." title="Carta Fitogeográfica de Angola." year="1970">Grandvaux-Barbosa 1970</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="FA244CCF10766AFF0C0396E9301A9510" author="Huntley" firstAuthor="Huntley" journalOrPublisher="Namibian Journal of Environment" pagination="29-41" refId="B15" refString="Huntley BJ (2023) Biomes and ecoregions of the highlands and escarpment of Angola and Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment 8: 29–41." title="Biomes and ecoregions of the highlands and escarpment of Angola and Namibia." volume="8" year="2023">Huntley 2023</bibRefCitation>
). On the other hand, the specimens collected in the lowlands of the inselberg, at about
<quantity id="588DBE87B2D9E9CA787569BF43DB2173" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.2" unit="m" value="720.0">720 m</quantity>
above sea level, were found near a dry riverbed in an area dominated by dense mopane woodland in sandy soils with abundant leaf litter (
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EAGAG" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/
<collectionCode id="3C41503FAAC9FB9F7A4228442EE42B58" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
03-001529, 001530, 001531, 001534) (Fig.
<figureCitation id="56391345D3B25DED4397297A64E3F01F" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Dry riverbed in mopane woodlands and its associated leaflitter in the base of Serra da Neve, near Maylowe, where some of the paratypes of Panaspis ericae sp. nov., were collected. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099836">8</figureCitation>
) The species, as most
<taxonomicName id="9DD6C66C31F951E2814DC8BBEE68B463" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1868" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ED9642326307CFF14580C7E876D41D19" italics="true">Panaspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, seems to be a leaf-litter dweller. Its occurrence in both the base and top of Serra da Neve in two different habitats (miombo in the more humid highlands and mopane in the arid lowlands) indicates some ecological adaptability. It occurs in sympatry with
<taxonomicName id="42E6C1153EF407CA9DFD8444F8CD53A2" authorityName="Ceriaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques &amp; Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mocamedensis">
<emphasis id="64C9B1BBDBA4F4468ED08A4DB8246AFD" italics="true">Panaspis mocamedensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
near Maylowe, preferring denser woodlands with more shade and leaf litter, especially associated with riparian areas, while
<taxonomicName id="8FBB053E35F1F2A6A19A8760A0D5FF48" authorityName="Ceriaco, Heinicke, Parker, Marques &amp; Bauer" authorityYear="2020" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mocamedensis">
<emphasis id="019BAC41B4E38B608FF6E898552AFD30" italics="true">P. mocamedensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in the more open and arid woodlands.
<typeStatus id="8A6DD612E4FE6E2DAF1075D9C2BC7ADE" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EGHAG" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/
<collectionCode id="90835FCD2D35A74F4A18FBDC373F0A7A" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
03-001530 and 001528 were gravid.
<typeStatus id="8373B6316618E077AD5572D5456DD2ED" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0ELHAG" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/
<collectionCode id="9F6F2904EC12F09C94B6C2D1FFF133C2" country="Portugal" name="Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage">MB</collectionCode>
03-001530 and 001531 were collected on a pitfall trap.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EQHAG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="BF3E23DE64AD5CEC7677092673681658">
<heading id="E22A4F1D459FDF262487F14F0F3D6470" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F63C21213941D284AF8BECBE7C5EE8B8">
The specific epithet
<taxonomicName id="35210909EA81ADE26089F0CCA5E046C0" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae">
“
<emphasis id="8DF99CB4EAA82480BB835332EEB79265" italics="true">ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” is formed in the genitive singular and is feminine. It is given in honor of Erica Tavares (1997 –), an Angolan biologist and conservationist. Through her work in the Angolan environmental platform “ Eco
<collectingCountry id="0A20F4AB7FCB66EDA641581EA4B14D8C" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
” (of which Erica is a co-founder), Erica has revolutionized the Angolan conservation and ecological discourse, providing opportunities for members of the Angolan civil society, students, and young researchers to learn, debate and contribute to environmental causes. We suggest “ Erica’s Snake-Eyed Skink ” and “ Lagartixa da Manta-Morta de Erica ” as the English and Portuguese common names, respectively, for this species.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DCC428984AB161AE89FE43053E1F07B3">
<label id="D5B4A21BA91C52EE02C9AC8D8057A093">Figure 3.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8A897D0865FE30848540A21B5476BB78">
Live photo of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="7CCDF1E43FB26D778EE1780500660038" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B17A5D519645E857BE4992C86BCDD37B" italics="true">Panaspis ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7E4C3C96D0B43E2C699E8DC5CC13A3BF" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EEHCK" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/ MB 03-001525) from vicinity of Catchi, Serra da Neve. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="21D15AFE8659DB0B1253D64A82CD8F7B">
<label id="2F1DECD3A9944E25E131172F55A59D53">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="51CD2F20B41B29F0A6500A71B5ED1178">
Live photo of the paratype of
<taxonomicName id="262BB243CC4A00FD0F5176740A7AB3CD" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="ECBD8A5219BF0615C831CE85B0567559" italics="true">Panaspis ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BFFDA3869E7CFEB337C2F65239D921E2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0EBICK" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/ MB 03-001531) from vicinity of Maylowe, Serra da Neve. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="9454EE101430A1C18D62FC4E75B7BA09" ID-arpha="E1FD9FF8-EF27-5477-A710-1394A33B0813" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099833" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="9686CF05E4DBD9D520453C0C4C3732FC">
<label id="E098D23B1C318563450E5FD633CF7431">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C72216F18471D3F85F0056F9159205FF">
Preserved holotype of
<taxonomicName id="CBE0C9777B13D6CB1062AFFF813D45A2" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8D418C65A585C62469BA2A8313C08899" italics="true">Panaspis ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DA7F135B296A1965543C1C1E49AA3C4E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<abbrev content-type="institution" id="ABBRID0E5ICK" xlink_title="Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa">MUNHAC</abbrev>
/ MB 03-001525). Photos by Diogo Parrinha.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="25D33C5CFF51706ED4B599674B34EF34" ID-arpha="DB07B424-5C63-5CBB-8FFA-EA120D4C2FC0" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099834" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="AEF1202C99ACC770BDD0135F8F7B485E">
<label id="92D81F7E4305FA0D69785E0B3C89B4B5">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B1FE3F965EE291C383A97F460F3DD5D6">
Topographic map of the Serra da Neve Inselberg with collection localities of
<taxonomicName id="B4E6B48C6702C2E8E74441A433296B6B">
<emphasis id="553BC2A2BB3D9A4926DAC0C080B75CC1" italics="true">Panaspis</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
in the region. Stars represent the type localities of the newly described species.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="6992C3299BBDE381B700333E0595BA3D" ID-arpha="0FC94056-8ACE-5DA7-A804-B36A63A44960" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099835" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="7D06B25C58083985697EE35FB81378EF">
<label id="E1305C003E56FC950D90B8B9E7CD13BA">Figure 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="50EA1D806C8186CC64941DD2AF4408E0">
Miombo woodlands near the type locality of
<taxonomicName id="B97FDDC5181D32AC634670AE8698BA6B" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="CBD0CBB7E2F1D3047DF7E79E3D071785" italics="true">P. ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E2C245A12289CA05E76D8AF51BB5C158" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, in Catchi, Serra da Neve. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B3D97048C24CCF0912F01C2A8104FBD9" ID-arpha="9215F8E9-879D-5D54-9E2D-0099F3E61569" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1099836" startId="F8">
<paragraph id="E262FA8197EAB607CB23968AB72B0D1A">
<label id="F9F1F4B5D8207A63BA67FC665F24BF6E">Figure 8.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="497944E478175AAA53BEED57AE8A119C">
Dry riverbed in mopane woodlands and its associated leaflitter in the base of Serra da Neve, near Maylowe, where some of the paratypes of
<taxonomicName id="847F9E68B7E3D06FC58549D5EE1004BB" authorityName="P. Marques &amp; Parrinha &amp; Lopes-Lima &amp; Tiutenko &amp; Bauer &amp; Ceríaco" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Panaspis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ericae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C9DDC391CF6D62730C4FCFE9CCD00F2B" italics="true">Panaspis ericae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="AF0BC6C372AD894398876B2899F2FE3C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, were collected. Photo by Arthur Tiutenko.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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