Melanoseps

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Melanoseps
Species (8): M. ater – M. emmrichi – M. longicauda – M. loveridgei – M. occidentalis – M. pygmaeus – M. rondoensis – M. uzungwensis
Name

Melanoseps Boulenger, 1887

Type species: Herpetosaura atra Günther, 1873, by original designation.
References
Additional references

Broadley, D.G., Whiting, A.S. & Bauer, A.M. 2006. A revision of the East African species of Melanoseps Boulenger (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae). African Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 95–112. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2006.9635543 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Melanoseps . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2018.

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

"Melanoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/scincinae.
Genus Melanoseps at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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.

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.