Melanoseps

Melanoseps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
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) – black limbless skink. ^[3]
• Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley, 2006 – Uluguru limbless skink. ^[4]
• Melanoseps longicauda Tornier, 1900 – Pangani black limbless skink, longtail limbless skink
• Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982 – Loveridge's limbless skink
• Melanoseps occidentalis (W. Peters, 1877) – western limbless skink
• Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley, 2006 – pygmy limbless skink
• Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge, 1942 – Rondo limbless skink
• Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge, 1942 – Udzungwa limbless skink

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Melanoseps.

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.

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).