Melanoseps
Genus of lizards
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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.
