Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

Holotype: MCZ 31076.

Type locality: “Kigogo, Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania”.

Combinations

  • Melanoseps ater uzungwensis Loveridge, 1942: 361 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Melanoseps uzungwensis — Broadley, 2000: 12 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Vernacular names

English: Udzungwa Limbless Skink
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