Melanoseps
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Melanoseps is a genus of skinks. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Melanoseps ater (Günther, 1873)
- Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley, 2006
- Melanoceps longicauda Tornier, 1900
- Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982
- Melanoseps occidentalis (W. Peters, 1877)
- Melanoceps pygmaeus Broadley, 2006
- Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge, 1942
- Melanoceps uzungwensis Loveridge, 1942
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Melanoseps.
Etymology
The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[3]
References
- ^ "Melanoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/scincinae.
- ^ "Melanoseps ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Melanoseps loveridgei, p. 161).
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-XXVII. (Melanoseps, new genus, p. 422).
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