Melanoseps
| Melanoseps | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Melanoseps Boulenger, 1887[1] |
Melanoseps is a genus of lizards commonly called skinks. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Melanoseps ater (Günther, 1873) – Longtail Limbless Skink.[3]
- Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley, 2006 - Uluguru Limbless Skink.[4]
- 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.[5]
References
- ^ "Melanoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/scincinae.
- ^ "Melanoseps ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/178634/0
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16393900/0
- ^ 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-XL. (Melanoseps, new genus, p. 422).
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