Lacertaspis chriswildi, also known commonly as Chris Wild's snake-eyed skink, Chris-Wild's snake-eyed skink, and Chris-Wild's lidless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.
Etymology The specific name, chriswildi, is in honor of herpetologist Christopher Wild, who collected the holotype.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lacertaspis chriswildi, p. 54).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. chriswildi is forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of L. chriswildi is unknown.
References
Further reading Böhme W, Schmitz A (1996). "A new lygosomine skink (Lacertilia: Scincidae: Panaspis) from Cameroon". Revue suisse de Zoologie 103 (3): 767–774. (Panaspis chriswildi, new species). Chirio L, LeBreton M (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. . (in French). 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: 1–28. (Lacertaspis chriswildi, new combination).