Melanoseps pygmaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Holotype: NMZB 14846, adult ♀, collected by Pam Cunneyworth on 20 February 1996.

Type locality: “Kambai Forest Reserve (04º59’ S: 38º41’ E), Muheza District, Tanga Region, Tanzania at 580 m”.

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. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2006.9635543 Reference page.

English: Pygmy Limbless Skink

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