Melanoseps pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Melanoseps
Species: Melanoseps pygmaeus

Name

• Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley in Broadley, Whiting & Bauer, 2006: 106

Holotype: NMZB 14846, adult ♀, collected by Pam Cunneyworth on 20 February 1996.

Type locality: “Kambai Forest Reserve (04º59’ S: 38º41’ E), Muheza District, Tanga Region, Tanzania at 580 m”.

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., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Melanoseps pygmaeus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 October 2018.

Vernacular names

• English: Pygmy Limbless Skink