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including several localities along the coast. 
Cabinda: “Chinchoxo” [-5.10000, 12.10000] 
(Peters 1877a:614); “Cabinda” [-5.55000, 
12.18333] (Bocage 1866a:45, 1866b;64, 
1867b:224, 1897a:196; Boulenger 1887:352). 
Zaire: “Soyo” [-6.134903, 12.368935] (Medi¬ 
na et al. 2016:411); “S. Salvador do Congo” 
[-6.26667, 14.23333] (Bocage 1887a:179, 
1895a:51, 1897a:196). Bengo: “Catete” 
[-9.11667, 13.70000] (Ferreira 1904:116); 
“Riverine Forest, Bengo” (Medina et al. 
2016:411). Uige: “Kimpa Vita Uni Campus” 
[-8.607967, 20.968804] (Medina et al. 
2016:411). Malanje: “Cangandala National 
Park” [-9.84606, 16.72233] (Ceriaco et al. 
2016b:65). Lunda Norte: “Lagoa Carumbo” 
[-7,74422, 19,95467] (Branch and Conradie 
2015:200; Medina et al. 2016:411). Kwanza 
Norte: “Lucalla” [-9.40000, 15.03333] (Ferrei¬ 
ra 1903:116). Kwanza Sul: “Congulu” [-10.86667, 14.28333] (Parker 1936:139). Benguela: 
“Dombe” [-12.95000, 13.10000] (Bocage 1867b:224,1895a:51,1897a:196). Huila: “SLebaPass” 
[-15.07003, 13.24339] (Medina et al. 2016:411); “Benero Campsite near Jamba” (Medina et al. 
2016:411). Namibe: “Capangombe” [-15.10000, 13.15000] (Bocage 1895a:51, 1897a:196; Ceria¬ 
co et al. 2016a:57). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: The genus Panaspis was erected by Cope (1868) to 
accommodate his newly described Panaspis anaeus from Angola (Boulenger 1887), for some time 
considered a synonym of Ablepharus cabindae Bocage, 1866 (Perret 1975; Schmitz et al., 2005). 
Boulenger (1887) placed the entire genus Panaspis into the synonymy of Ablepharus, although 
Smith (1937) regarded it as a subgenus in the genus Riopa Gray, 1839. Mittleman (1952) revised 
the genera belonging to the subfamily Lygosominae and regarded the genus Panaspis as valid. 
Greer (1974) erected the new genus Afroablepharus for those species with an ablepharine eye, 
while all species with a movable lower eyelid, including P cabindae with its preablepharine eye 
were included in Panaspis. Most recently Medina et al. (2016) included it in an expanded genus 
Panaspis in which they included species formerly assigned to Afroablepharus based on a molecu¬ 
lar phylogenetic revision of the group. The currently accepted range for the species in Angola is 
limited to the northwestern regions (Schmitz et al. 2005; Ineich and Schmitz 2010), and records 
from “Dombe,” Benguela Province, and “Capangombe,” Namibe Province, certainly correspond to 
another congener. Unfortunately, the relevant specimens were destroyed in the 1978 fire in the 
Museu Bocage. 
Panaspis maculicollis Jacobsen and Broadley, 2000 Speckle-Lipped Snake-Eyed Skink 
Panaspis maculicollis Jacobsen and Broadley, 2000:65, fig. 3b. Holotype: TM 76922 (eolleetors N.H.G. 
Jaeobsen and R.E. Newbery). Type loeality: “Klein Tshipise, Mutale Distriet, Northern Provinee [= 
Limpopo Provinee], South Africa.” 
Panaspis maculicollis'. Conradie et al. (2016:25), Medina et al. (2016:414). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: Centered on the Kalahari sand areas of northern Botswana and western 
Map 208. Distribution of Panaspis cabindae in 
Angola. 
