Melanoseps
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Melanoseps is a genus of lizards, known commonly as limbless skinks, in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Melanoseps ater (Günther, 1873)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – black limbless skink.[2]
- Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley, 2006Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Uluguru limbless skink.[3]
- Melanoseps longicauda Tornier, 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pangani black limbless skink, longtail limbless skink
- Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Loveridge's limbless skink
- Melanoseps occidentalis (W. Peters, 1877)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western limbless skink
- Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley, 2006Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – pygmy limbless skink
- Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge, 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Rondo limbless skink
- Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge, 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Udzungwa limbless skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Melanoseps.
References
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- ↑ Genus Melanoseps at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Melanoseps, new genus, p. 422).