Melanoseps
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = Melanoseps
| taxon = Melanoseps
| authority = Boulenger, 1887"Melanoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/scincinae.
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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.{{EMBL genus|genus=Melanoseps}} www.reptile-database.org.
- Melanoseps ater {{small|(Günther, 1873)}} – black limbless skink.{{cite iucn|author=Spawls S|year=2010|title=Melanoseps ater |volume=2010|page=e.T178634A7585324|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178634A7585324.en|access-date=10 January 2020}}
- Melanoseps emmrichi {{small|Broadley, 2006}} – Uluguru limbless skink.{{cite iucn|author=Howell K, Beraducci J, Ngalason W|year=2015|title=Melanoseps emmrichi |volume=2015|page=e.T16393900A16393902|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16393900A16393902.en|access-date=10 January 2020}}
- Melanoseps longicauda {{small|Tornier, 1900}} – Pangani black limbless skink, longtail limbless skink
- Melanoseps loveridgei {{small|Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982}} – Loveridge's limbless skink
- Melanoseps occidentalis {{small|(W. Peters, 1877)}} – western limbless skink
- Melanoseps pygmaeus {{small|Broadley, 2006}} – pygmy limbless skink
- Melanoseps rondoensis {{small|Loveridge, 1942}} – Rondo limbless skink
- Melanoseps uzungwensis {{small|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
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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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Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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