Panaspis wilsoni, also known commonly as Wilson's dwarf skink and Wilson's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lidless skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sudan.
Etymology The specific name, wilsoni, is in honor of Arnold Talbot Wilson, who was a British military officer, diplomat, and amateur naturalist.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Afroablepharus wilsoni, p. 287).
Geographic range P. wilsoni is found in southern Sudan.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. wilsoni is unknown.
Description P. wilsoni has a maximum snout–vent length (SVL) of about , making it one of the smallest skinks known.
Reproduction The mode of reproduction of P. wilsoni is unknown.
References
Further reading (Panaspis wilsoni, new combination). Werner F (1914). "Über Eidechsen, darunter zwei neue, aus dem Angloägyptischen Sudan". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 57 (18): 393–394. (Ablepharus wilsoni, new species). (in German).