Melanoseps

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.<ref>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

• Melanoseps ater Template:Small – black limbless skink.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>
• Melanoseps emmrichi Template:Small – Uluguru limbless skink.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>
• Melanoseps longicauda Template:Small – Pangani black limbless skink, longtail limbless skink
• Melanoseps loveridgei Template:Small – Loveridge's limbless skink
• Melanoseps occidentalis Template:Small – western limbless skink
• Melanoseps pygmaeus Template:Small – pygmy limbless skink
• Melanoseps rondoensis Template:Small – Rondo limbless skink
• Melanoseps uzungwensis Template:Small – Udzungwa limbless skink

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

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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