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Melanoseps
''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 nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... in parenthes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps
''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 nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... 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 (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... 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 ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... 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 Emmrichi
The Uluguru limbless skink (''Melanoseps emmrichi'') 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 ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... References Melanoseps Reptiles described in 2006 Reptiles of Tanzania Endemic fauna of Tanzania Taxa named by Donald George Broadley {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps Loveridgei
Loveridge's limbless skink (''Melanoseps loveridgei'') is an extant species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Tanzania and Zambia. Etymology The specific name, ''loveridgei'', is in honor of British herpetologist Arthur Loveridge Arthur Loveridge (28 May 1891 – 16 February 1980) was a British biologist and herpetologist who wrote about animals in East Africa, particularly Tanzania, and New Guinea. He gave scientific names to several gecko species in the region. Arthur ....Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Melanoseps loveridgei'', p. 161). References Melanoseps Reptiles described in 1982 Taxa named by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanoseps Uzungwensis
The Udzungwa limbless skink (''Melanoseps uzungwensis'') 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 ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... 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 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 ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... 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 Pygmaeus
The pygmy limbless skink (''Melanoseps pygmaeus'') 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 ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... References Melanoseps Reptiles described in 2006 Reptiles of Tanzania Endemic fauna of Tanzania Taxa named by Donald George Broadley {{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; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th .... 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 biologist and herpetologist who wrote about animals in East Africa, particularly Tanzania, and New Guinea. He gave scientific names to several gecko species in the region. Arthur Loveridge was born in Penarth, and was interested in natural history from childhood. He gained experience with the National Museum of Wales and Manchester Museum before becoming the curator of the Nairobi Museum (now the National Museum of Kenya) in 1914. During WW1, he joined the East African Mounted Rifles, later returning to the museum to build up the collections. He then became an assistant game warden in Tanganyika. In 1924, he joined the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was the curator of herpetology. He returned to East Africa on several field trips and wrote many scientific papers before retiring from Harvard in 1957. He married Mary Victoria Sloan in 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binomial Nomenclature
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or 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 (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, name or a scientific name; more informally it is also historically called a Latin name. 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 ''Homo sapiens''. ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is likely the most widely known binomial. The ''formal'' introduction of this system of naming species is credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nota Bene
(, or ; plural form ) is a Latin phrase meaning "note well". It is often abbreviated as NB, n.b., or with the ligature and first appeared in English writing . In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, to draw the attention of the reader to a certain (side) aspect or detail of the subject being addressed. While ''NB'' is also often used in academic writing, ''note'' is a common substitute. The markings used to draw readers' attention in medieval manuscripts are also called marks. The common medieval markings do not, however, include the abbreviation ''NB''. The usual medieval equivalents are anagrams from the four letters in the word , the abbreviation DM from ("worth remembering"), or a symbol of a little hand (☞), called a manicule or index, with the index finger pointing towards the beginning of the significant passage.Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007), p. 44. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
