Melanoseps rondoensis LOVERIDGE, 1942

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rondo limbless skink
Synonym	Melanoseps ater rondoensis LOVERIDGE 1942 Melanoseps ater rondoensis — LOVERIDGE 1955: 174 Melanoseps rondoensis — BRYGOO & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1982 Melanoseps rondoensis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 14 Melanoseps rondoensis — SPAWLS et al. 2001 Melanoseps rondoensis — BROADLEY et al. 2006 Melanoseps rondoensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 174
Distribution	SE Tanzania Type locality: Nchingidi, Rondo Plateau, Lindi District, Tanzania.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 47780, paratypes: BMNH, NMZ
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A dwarfed species with 18-20 midbody scale rows, 113-128 ventrals and 37- 43 subcaudals. Snout-vent/tail length ratio 2.57-3.62 [from BROADLEY et al. 2006].
Comment	Limb morphology: limbless
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Brygoo E R; Roux-Esteve R 1982. Un genre de lezards scincines d'Afrique: Melanoseps. Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle SECTION A ZOOLOGIE BIOLOGIE ET ECOLOGIE ANIMALES 3 (4) 1981: 1169-1191 Loveridge, A. 1942. Scientific results of a fourth expedition to forested areas in east and central Africa. IV. Reptiles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 237-373 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1955. On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. lonides,. Journ. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. 22: 169-198 Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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