Panaspis breviceps (Peters, 1873)

Figure 11B

Euprepes (Mabuia) breviceps Peters, 1873: 604 . Type locality: “ Gabun ”. Gabon.

Lygosoma breviceps (Peters, 1873): Boulenger 1887: 300.

Mabuia batesi Boulenger, 1900: 449 . Type locality: “Benito River” Río Benito, Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea.

Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) buchneri Werner, 1909: 62 . Type locality: “ Kamerun ”.

Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) auricillatum Chabanaud, 1917a: 98 . Type locality: “ Congo: Lambaréné ”.

Emoia breviceps (Peters, 1873): Loveridge 1936b: 71.

Riopa (Panaspis) breviceps (Peters, 1873): Smith 1937: 229

Panaspis breviceps (Peters, 1873): Mittleman 1952: 17–23.

Distribution. Central Africa, from Cameroon to Central African Republic and southward to northern Angola. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Basilé (Boulenger 1906), Ureca (Mertens 1964a), and at a beach (likely in Aleñá) across from the Island of Loros (Mertens 1964a), and in Río Muni at Benito River (Boulenger 1900; Perret 1973), and Monte Alén National Park (Lasso et al. 2002), including Monte Mitra forest (Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) (Map 12A).

Comments. A hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships of this species was provided by Schmitz et al. (2005). It is phylogenetically allied to Panaspis cf. togoensis from Cameroon (Schmitz et al. 2005).

Specimens examined. Two specimens. Río Muni: San Joaquín de Ndyiacom, 1990 (EBD 31521_B-9523); imprecise locality (from Nsork, Nvom or Campo River), 1986–1987 (EBD 25051) .