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Melanoseps
''Melanoseps'' is a genus of lizards, known Common name, commonly as limbless skinks, in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The following eight species are recognized as being valid. *''Melanoseps ater'' – black limbless skink. *''Melanoseps emmrichi'' – Uluguru Mountains, Uluguru limbless skink. *''Melanoseps longicauda'' – Pangani black limbless skink, longtail limbless skink *''Melanoseps loveridgei'' – Loveridge's limbless skink *''Melanoseps occidentalis'' – western limbless skink *''Melanoseps pygmaeus'' – pygmy limbless skink *''Melanoseps rondoensis'' – Rondo limbless skink *''Melanoseps uzungwensis'' – Udzungwa limbless skink ''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Melanoseps''. References Further reading *George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps Uzungwensis
''Melanoseps'' is a genus of lizards, known commonly as limbless skinks, in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Species The following eight species are recognized as being valid. *'' Melanoseps ater'' – black limbless skink. *'' Melanoseps emmrichi'' – Uluguru limbless skink. *'' Melanoseps longicauda'' – Pangani black limbless skink, longtail limbless skink *'' Melanoseps loveridgei'' – Loveridge's limbless skink *'' Melanoseps occidentalis'' – western limbless skink *'' Melanoseps pygmaeus'' – pygmy limbless skink *'' Melanoseps rondoensis'' – Rondo limbless skink *'' Melanoseps uzungwensis'' – Udzungwa limbless skink ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, altho ... in parenthes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps Ater
The black limbless skink (''Melanoseps ater'') is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t .... References Melanoseps Reptiles described in 1873 Taxa named by Albert Günther {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps Longicauda
The Pangani black limbless skink or longtail limbless skink (''Melanoseps longicauda'') is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t .... References Melanoseps Reptiles described in 1900 Reptiles of Tanzania Endemic fauna of Tanzania Taxa named by Gustav Tornier {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps Rondoensis
The Rondo limbless skink (''Melanoseps rondoensis'') is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t .... References Melanoseps Reptiles described in 1942 Reptiles of Tanzania Endemic fauna of Tanzania Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps Occidentalis
The western limbless skink (''Melanoseps occidentalis'') is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central .... References Melanoseps Reptiles described in 1877 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Loveridge
Arthur Loveridge (28 May 1891 – 16 February 1980) was a British people, British biologist and Herpetology, herpetologist who wrote about animals of East Africa, particularly Tanzania, and of New Guinea. He gave Binomial nomenclature, scientific names to several gecko species in those regions. Life Arthur Loveridge was born in Penarth, Wales, and was interested in natural history from childhood. He gained experience with the National Museum Cardiff, National Museum of Wales and Manchester Museum before becoming the curator of the Nairobi Museum (now the National Museums of Kenya, National Museum of Kenya) in 1914. During World War I, WW1, he joined the King's African Rifles#First World War, East African Mounted Rifles, later returning to the museum to build up the collections. He then became an assistant game warden in Tanganyika (territory), Tanganyika. In 1924, he joined the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binomial Nomenclature
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (often shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, name, or a scientific name; more informally, it is also called a Latin name. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), the system is also called nomenclature, with an "n" before the "al" in "binominal", which is a typographic error, meaning "two-name naming system". The first part of the name – the '' generic name'' – identifies the genus to which the species belongs, whereas the second part – the specific name or specific epithet – distinguishes the species within the genus. For example, modern humans belong to the genus ''Homo'' and within this genus to the species ''Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nota Bene
( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''. In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' first appeared in the English writing style, English style of writing around the year 1711. In Modern English, since the 14th century, the editorial usage of ''NB'' is common to the legal writing, legal style of writing of documents to direct the reader's attention to a thematically relevant aspect of the subject that qualifies the matter being litigated, whereas in academic writing, the editorial abbreviation ''n.b.'' is a casual synonym for ''footnote''. In medieval manuscripts, the editorial marks used to draw the reader's attention to a supporting text also are called marks; however, the catalogue of medieval editorial marks does not include the NB abbreviation. The medieval equivalents to the n.b.-mark are anagrams derived from the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
