Melanoseps loveridgei
Species of skink
Melanoseps loveridgei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Melanoseps |
Species: | M. loveridgei |
Binomial name | |
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982 |
Loveridge's limbless skink (Melanoseps loveridgei) is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania and Zambia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[2]
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