Melanoseps

Melanoseps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Melanoseps
Boulenger, 1887[1]

Melanoseps is a genus of skinks. 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.

Etymology

The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[3]

References

  1. "Melanoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/scincinae.
  2. "Melanoseps ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Melanoseps loveridgei, p. 161).

Further reading


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