Melanoseps

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

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Species

The following eight species are recognized as being valid. [2]

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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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