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Melanoseps

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Melanoseps is a genus of lizards, known commonly as limbless skinks, in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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.

^ "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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)