Biology:Melanoseps

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Short description: Genus of lizards


Melanoseps
Scientific classification e
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.

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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178634/7585324. 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16393900/16393902. 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).

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