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Taxonomy of the genus Melanoseps Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Melanoseps (Black Limbless Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Melanoseps in general

Broadley, D.G.; Whiting, A.S.; Bauer, A.M. 2006. A revision of the East African species of Melanoseps Boulenger (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae). African Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 95-112.

Brygoo, E.R.; Roux-Estève, R. 1982. Un genre de lézards scincinés d'Afrique: Melanoseps. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 3(4): 1169-1191.

Melanoseps ater

Liniewski, R.; Shane, S.; Andrade, J.; Senter, P. 2016. Vestigial appendicular skeletons in the African and Malagasy skink species Feylinia grandisquamis, Melanoseps ater, Grandidierina lineata and Voeltzkowia mira. African Journal of Herpetology 65(1): 39-46.

Melanoseps emmrichi

Broadley, D.G.; Whiting, A.S.; Bauer, A.M. 2006. A revision of the East African species of Melanoseps Boulenger (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae). African Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 95-112.

Rödder, D.; Trautmann, D.; Böhme, W. 2009. Notes on the reproductive mode of Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley 2006. Herpetology Notes 2: 17-19.

Melanoseps longicauda

Broadley, D.G. 1999. Geographical distribution: Melanoseps longicauda Tornier, 1900. Pangani Black Limbless Skink. Tanzania. African Herp News 30: 36.

Melanoseps loveridgei

Brygoo, E.R.; Roux-Estève, R. 1982. Un genre de lézards scincinés d'Afrique: Melanoseps. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 3(4): 1169-1191.

Malonza, P.K.; Bwong, B.A. 2011. Life history notes on Loveridge's Limbless Skink Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1981 (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae). Herpetotropicos 5(2): 115-117.

Melanoseps occidentalis

Bauer, A.M. 2016. On the taxonomic status of two enigmatic southern African fossorial skinks, Scelotes bicolor and S. schebeni. African Journal of Herpetology 65(1): 33-38.

Brygoo, E.R.; Roux-Estève, R. 1982. Un genre de lézards scincinés d'Afrique: Melanoseps. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 3(4): 1169-1191.

Sternfeld, R. 1911. Eine neue Echse aus Deutsch Südwestafrika. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1910: 372.

Werner, F. 1898. Über Herpetosaura occidentalis, Ptrs. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 48: 529-530.

Melanoseps pygmaeus

Broadley, D.G.; Whiting, A.S.; Bauer, A.M. 2006. A revision of the East African species of Melanoseps Boulenger (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae). African Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 95-112.

Melanoseps rondoensis

Brygoo, E.R.; Roux-Estève, R. 1982. Un genre de lézards scincinés d'Afrique: Melanoseps. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Section A Zoologie Biologie et Ecologie Animales 3(4): 1169-1191.

Melanoseps uzungwensis

Broadley, D.G. 2000. Melanoseps uzungwensis (Loveridge, 1942). Udzungwa Limbless Lizard. African Herp News 31: 12-13.