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
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Binomial name | |
Melanoseps loveridgei
Brygoo &
Roux-Estève, 1982
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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]
The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge. [2]
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]
The specific name, loveridgei, is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge. [2]