Melanoseps loveridgei

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 loveridgei

Name

Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982

Holotype: BMNH 1961.744.

Type locality: “Liwale, Tanzania”.

References

Primary references

• Brygoo, E.R. & Roux-Esteve, R. 1982. Un genre de lezards scincines d'Afrique: Melanoseps. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série - Section A - Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales 3(4) 1981: 1169–1191. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Melanoseps loveridgei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Loveridge’s Limbless Skink