title: Melanoseps loveridgei
text: # 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.
  
  