Scolecoseps ashei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Scolecoseps
Species: Scolecoseps ashei

Name

Scolecoseps ashei Malonza, Nyamache & Bwong, 2024

• Holotype: NMK–L4028, adult ♀, collected by Peter Godana Galgalo on 16 September 2017.
• Type locality: “Kenya, Kilifi County, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest edge, Gede farmlands (3°18’54.8”S, 39°59”6.00”E; 25 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Malonza, P.K., Nyamache, J.O. & Bwong, B.A. 2024. Two New Species of Limbless Skinks in the Genus Melanoseps and Scolecoseps from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 113(3): 22–36. DOI: 10.2982/028.113.0301 Reference page.