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Melanoseps loveridgei BRYGOO & ROUX-ESTÈVE, 1982

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Loveridge’s limbless skink 
SynonymMelanoseps loveridgei BRYGOO & ROUX-ESTÈVE 1982: 1183
Melanoseps ater — Loveridge 1933: 326 (part, not Günther)
Melanoseps loveridgei — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 14
Melanoseps loveridgei — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Melanoseps loveridgei — BROADLEY et al. 2006: 104
Melanoseps loveridgei — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 173
Melanoceps loveridgei — OLLONEN et al. 2024 (in error) 
DistributionS Tanzania, NE Zambia

Type locality: Liwale, Tanzania.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1961.744 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: This is a wide-ranging savannah species intermediate in both size and scale counts between the large montane forest forms of theM. atergroup and the dwarfed forms of the M. rondoensis group, which inhabit coastal forests. Midbody scale rows 17-22; ventrals 130-149; subcaudals 42-52. Snout-vent/tail length ratio 2.68-3.97 [from BROADLEY et al. 2006].


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CommentLimb morphology: limbless. 
EtymologyNamed after Arthur Loveridge (1891-1980), American herpetologist. 
References
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  • Broadley, D. G. 1980. Obituaries on African Herpetologists- Loveridge, A. 1891 - 1980. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (23): 2-2 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Lyakurwa, J., Loader, S., Ngalason, W., Gumbs, R., Ofori-Boateng, C. and Liedtke, H. 2024. Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa. Ecol Evol, 14: e70406 - get paper here
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  • Lyakurwa, John Valentine 2017. The Reptiles of the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (USFR): An Updated Checklist with Notes on Dagger-Tooth Vine Snake Xyelodontophis uluguruensis. Journal of East African Natural History 106(2):57-65. - get paper here
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  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
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