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Melanoseps occidentalis  (Peters, 1877)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1182518

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Scelotes schebeni Sternfeld, 1910
  
    Herpetosaura occidentalis Peters, 1877
  
  Common Name(s): Western Limbless Skink [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyScincinae Oppel, 1811  
                                     GenusMelanoseps Boulenger, 1887  
                                        SpeciesMelanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877) – Western Limbless Skink  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Subspecies Melanoseps occidentalis occidentalis (Peters, 1877)  
                                           Subspecies Melanoseps occidentalis zairensis Brygoo and Roux-Estève, 1982  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz  
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Melanoseps occidentalis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Melanoseps occidentalis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Marques, Mariana P., Luis M. Ceríaco, David C. Blackburn, and Aaron M. Bauer  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola, Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840-2017)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, vol. 65, supl. 2   
  Page(s): 1-501   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0068-547X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melanoseps occidentalis, Western Limbless Skink [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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