| Melanoseps | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Melanoseps Boulenger, 1887[1] |
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.[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.
- ^ Genus Melanoseps at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Spawls S (2010). "Melanoseps ater ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178634A7585324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178634A7585324.en. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Howell K, Beraducci J, Ngalason W (2015). "Melanoseps emmrichi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16393900A16393902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16393900A16393902.en. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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).