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Black Limbless Skink

Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanoseps ater
Species recognized by wikipedia VI, Kenya Species List, Malawi Species List, Tanzania Species List, wikipedia EU, NCBI, Hone et al 2013, and Wildfinder (WWF)
Melanoseps ater
Recognized by Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Mozambique Species List
Melanoseps ater Guenther 1873
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK and GBIF national node type records Germany
Melanoseps ater Günther 1873
Recognized by ReptileDB
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1982
Recognized by ReptileDB
Melanoseps ater
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, and iNaturalist data coverage
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage
Melanoseps ater matengoensis
Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records

Alternative Names

Herpetosaura atra Günther 1873
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanoseps ater ater Broadley & Howell 1991
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Melanoseps ater matengoensis Loveridge 1942
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Herpetosaura atra Günther 1873
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and ReptileDB
Melanoseps ater ater
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Melanoseps ater ater Broadley & Howell 1991
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Melanoseps ater matengoensis
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Melanoseps ater matengoensis Loveridge 1942
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Melanoseps ater
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Melanoseps loveridgei
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1982
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Herpetosaura atra
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Melanoseps ater matengoensis Loveridge 1942
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Melanoseps ater misukuensis Loveridge 1953
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Black Limbless Skink preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB
Loveridge’s limbless skink
prefer
Recognized by ReptileDB
Longtail Limbless Skink preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincoidea
Scincidae
Melanoseps Boulenger 1887
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873) (this page)
Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley 2006
Melanoseps longicauda Tornier 1900
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-estève 1982
Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters 1877)
Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley 2006
Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge 1942
Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge 1942

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Scincomorpha
Scincidae
Scincinae
Melanoseps
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873) (this page)
Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley 2006
Melanoseps longicauda Tornier 1900
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1982
Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters 1877)
Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley 2006
Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge 1942
Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge 1942

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincoidea
Scincidae
Melanoseps
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873) (this page)
Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley 2006
Melanoseps longicauda Tornier 1900
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-estève 1982
Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters 1877)
Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley 2006
Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge 1942
Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge 1942

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Melanoseps Boulenger 1887
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873) (this page)
Melanoseps ater misukuensis
Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley 2006
Melanoseps longicauda Tornier 1900
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-estève 1982
Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters 1877)
Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley 2006
Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge 1942
Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge 1942

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Autarchoglossa
Scincidae Oppel 1811
Scincinae Oppel 1811
Melanoseps Boulenger 1887
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873) (this page)
Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley 2006
Melanoseps longicauda Tornier 1900
Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève 1982
Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters 1877)
Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley 2006
Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge 1942
Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge 1942

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Melanoseps ater (Günther 1873) (this page)
Acontias parietalis (Broadley 1990)
Asymblepharus ladacensis (Günther 1864)
Asymblepharus mahabharatus Eremchenko, Shah & Panfilov 1998
Asymblepharus nepalensis Eremchenko & Helfenberger 1998
Asymblepharus sikimmensis (Blyth 1854)
Asymblepharus tragbulensis (Alcock 1898)
Brachymeles apus Hikida 1982
Carlia leucotaenia (Bleeker 1860)
Carlia nigrauris Zug 2010
Carlia peronii (Duméril & Bibron 1839)
Carlia sukur Zug & Kaiser 2014
Cryptoblepharus ahli Mertens 1928
Cryptoblepharus aldabrae (Sternfeld 1918)
Cryptoblepharus balinensis Barbour 1911
Cryptoblepharus bitaeniatus (Boettger 1913)
Cryptoblepharus burdeni Dunn 1927
Cryptoblepharus caudatus (Sternfeld 1918)
Cryptoblepharus cognatus (Boettger 1881)
Cryptoblepharus cursor Barbour 1911
Cryptoblepharus keiensis (Roux 1910)
Cryptoblepharus quinquetaeniatus (Günther 1874)
Cryptoblepharus schlegelianus Mertens 1928
Cryptoblepharus voeltzkowi (Sternfeld 1918)
Dasia johnsinghi Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, De Silva, Deepak, Kar, Naniwadekar, Lalremruata, Prasoona & Aggarwal 2012
Eremiascincus antoniorum (Smith 1927)
Eremiascincus butlerorum (Aplin, How & Boeadi 1993)
Eremiascincus emigrans (Lidth de Jeude 1895)
Eutropis longicaudata (Hallowell 1857)
Eutropis macrophthalma (Mausfeld & Böhme 2002)
Eutropis quadratilobus (Bauer & Günther 1992)
Isopachys gyldenstolpei Lönnberg 1916
Jarujinia bipedalis Chan-Ard, Makchai & Cota 2011
Lamprolepis leucosticta (Müller 1923)
Leiolopisma mauritiana (Günther 1877)
Leiolopisma telfairii (Desjardin 1831)
Lerista allanae (Longmann 1937)
Lerista vittata Greer, McDonald & Lawrie 1983
Lipinia inconspicua (Müller 1894)
Panaspis duruarum (Monard 1949)
Panaspis seydeli (De Witte 1933)
Plestiodon chinensis (Gray 1838)
Plestiodon coreensis (Doi & Kamita 1937)
Plestiodon liui (Hikida & Zhao 1989)
Plestiodon popei (Hikida 1989)
Plestiodon tamdaoensis (Bourret 1937)
Plestiodon tunganus (Stejneger 1924)
Scincella barbouri (Stejneger 1925)
Scincella capitanea Ouboter 1986
Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh 1912)
Scincella huanrenensis Zhao & Huang 1982
Scincella modesta (Günther 1864)
Scincella ochracea (Bourret 1937)
Scincella potanini (Günther 1896)
Scincella przewalskii (Bedriaga 1912)
Scincella reevesii (Gray 1838)
Scincella rufocaudata (Darevsky & Nguyen Van Sang 1983)
Scincella schmidti (Barbour 1927)
Scincella tsinlingensis (Hu & Zhao 1966)
Sphenomorphus capitolythos Shea & Michels 2009
Sphenomorphus celebensis (Müeller 1894)
Sphenomorphus consobrinus (Peters & Doria 1878)
Sphenomorphus courcyanus (Annandale 1912)
Sphenomorphus incognitus (Thompson 1912)
Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth 1853)
Sphenomorphus malayanus (Doria 1888)
Sphenomorphus necopinatus (Brongersma 1942)
Sphenomorphus nigrolabris (Günther 1873)
Sphenomorphus puncticentralis Iskandar 1994
Sphenomorphus sabanus Inger 1958
Sphenomorphus sananus (Kopstein 1926)
Sphenomorphus sanctus (Duméril & Bibron 1839)
Sphenomorphus sarasinorum (Boulenger 1897)
Sphenomorphus schlegeli (Dunn 1927)
Sphenomorphus striolatus (Weber 1890)
Sphenomorphus tonkinensis Nguyen, Schmitz, Nguyen, Orlov, Böhme & Ziegler 2011
Sphenomorphus vanheurni (Brongersma 1942)
Sphenomorphus zimmeri (Ahl 1933)
Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters 1862)
Trachylepis adamastor Ceriaco 2015
Trachylepis capensis (Gray 1830)
Trachylepis depressa (Peters 1854)
Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters 1867)
Trachylepis punctulata (Bocage 1872)
Trachylepis sparsa (Mertens 1954)
Trachylepis spilogaster (Peters 1882)
Trachylepis sulcata (Peters 1867)
Trachylepis variegata (Peters 1870)
Tropidophorus assamensis Annandale 1912
Tropidophorus baconi Hikida, Riyanto & Ota 2003
Tropidophorus berdmorei (Blyth 1853)
Tropidophorus guangxiensis Wen 1992
Tropidophorus hainanus Smith 1923
Tropidophorus micropus Lidth de Jeude 1905
Tropidophorus perplexus Barbour 1921
Tropidophorus sinicus Boettger 1886
Tytthoscincus aesculeticola (Inger, Lian, Lakin & Yambun 2001)
Tytthoscincus hallieri (Lidth de Jeude 1905)
Tytthoscincus parvus (Boulenger 1897)
Tytthoscincus temmincki (Duméril & Bibron 1839)
Tytthoscincus textus (Müller 1894)
917 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Bifurcata
Unidentata
Scinciformata
Scincidae
Scincinae
Melanoseps
Melanoseps ater (this page)
Melanoseps loveridgei
Melanoseps occidentalis
Melanoseps uzungwensis

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincogekkonomorpha
Scleroglossa
Scincomorpha
Scincidae
Scincinae
Melanoseps
Melanoseps ater (this page)
Melanoseps emmrichi
Melanoseps longicauda
Melanoseps loveridgei
Melanoseps occidentalis
Melanoseps pygmaeus
Melanoseps rondoensis
Melanoseps uzungwensis
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