Species

Melanoseps occidentalis

Melanoseps occidentalis · described by (PETERS 1878)

Shingleback Skink, a close relative of Melanoseps occidentalis

Pictured: Shingleback Skink, a close relative from the same family. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Bäras, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Melanoseps occidentalis
First described
(PETERS 1878)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Melanoseps
Subspecies
  • Melanoseps occidentalis zairensis BRYGOO & ROUX-ESTEVE 1982
  • Melanoseps occidentalis occidentalis (PETERS 1877)

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree