Melanoseps emmrichi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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: Melanoseps emmrichi

Name

• Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley in Broadley, Whiting & Bauer, 2006: 104

Holotype: NMZB 10143, adult ♀, collected by Dietmar Emmrich on 19 September 1989.

Type locality: “Bondwa, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania (06º54’ S: 37º40’ E), at 1650 m a.s.l.”.

References

Primary 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. 2024. Melanoseps emmrichi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Uluguru Limbless Skink