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Melanoseps sokokensis MALONZA, NYAMACHE & BWONG, 2024

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymMelanoseps sokokensis MALONZA, NYAMACHE & BWONG 2024 
DistributionKenya

Type locality: Kenya, Kilifi County, near Gede Forest Station in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (3°17’40.56”S, 39°58’53.04”E; 36 m a.s.l.);  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: NMK–L3329, Field No. JN0068, adult; collected on 29 March 2010, by Joash Nyamache and
Peter Mwasi and deposited in the collections of the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi. (figures 3 & 4) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species has 22 midbody scale rows, 142 ventral scales and 45 subcaudal scales. Snout-vent length 145 mm; tail length 40 mm; midbody diameter 8.3 mm; snout-vent length/tail length 3.6; colour entirely brown above and pale brown below. It is assignable to the genus Melanoseps on the basis of the nostril being pierced near posterior margin of rostral; supranasals in broad contact behind rostral; frontonasal in contact with frontal; interparietal very large and in contact with supraoculars; parietals divided (upper one larger), in contact behind interparietal; three supraoculars; three supraciliaries; no suboculars; five supralabials, the first largest; no external ear openings; eyes reduced, no upper eyelid, an elongate scaly lower eyelid present (Broadley & Howell 1991; Broadley et al., 2006). Melanoseps sokokensis sp. nov. is a medium-sized and robustly built species, with a rounded snout, exposed eyes and a broad rostral bordered posteriorly by a pair of supranasals that are themselves bordered posteriorly by a very large frontonasal. (Malonza et al. 2024)


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EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. 
References
  • Malonza, P. K., Nyamache, J. O., & Bwong, B. A. 2024. Two New Species of Limbless Skinks in the Genus Melanoseps and Scolecoseps from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History, 113(3), 22-36 - get paper here
 
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