Melanoseps

Melanoseps is a genus of lizards, known commonly as limbless skinks, in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Melanoseps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Melanoseps
Boulenger, 1887[1]

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
  1. "Melanoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/scincinae.
  2. Genus Melanoseps at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. 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).


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