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Melanoseps loveridgei

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Melanoseps loveridgei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Melanoseps
Species:
M. loveridgei
Binomial name
Melanoseps loveridgei

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

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The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Melanoseps loveridgei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Melanoseps loveridgei, p. 161).