title: Melanoseps
text: # 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 (Günther, 1873) – black limbless skink.
  * Melanoseps emmrichi Broadley, 2006 – Uluguru limbless skink.
  * Melanoseps longicauda Tornier, 1900 – Pangani black limbless skink, longtail limbless skink
  * Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982 – Loveridge's limbless skink
  * Melanoseps occidentalis (W. Peters, 1877) – western limbless skink
  * Melanoseps pygmaeus Broadley, 2006 – pygmy limbless skink
  * Melanoseps rondoensis Loveridge, 1942 – Rondo limbless skink
  * Melanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge, 1942 – Udzungwa limbless skink
  
  Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Melanoseps.
  
  