Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 59

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7293440

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877)
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Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877)

Herpetosaura occidentalis Peters, 1877: 416 . Type locality: “Cameruns”. Cameroon.

Scelotes occidentalis (Peters, 1877) : Werner 1898: 530.

Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877) : Tornier 1901: 62.

Scelotes schebeni Sternfeld, 1910a . Type locality: “Windhuk”, Windhoek , Namibia.

Melanoseps occidentalis zairensis Brygoo & Roux-Esteve, 1982: 1187 . Type locality: “Dekese”, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Distribution. It occurs in Central Africa, from Cameroon to Central African Republic and Angola. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded in Bioko at Musola ( Boulenger 1906) ( Map 15C View MAPS 15 ).

Comments. Morphologically similar and likely conspecific to Melanoseps poensis ( Brygoo & Roux-Esteve 1982) . Further studies are needed to ascertain the identity and distribution of these taxa across Bioko, mainly through the revision of topotypic specimens of M. poensis , as the type series is lost (see comments in the account of M. poensis ). The specimen recorded by Boulenger (1906) housed in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova was examined by Brygoo & Roux-Esteve (1982), supporting its identity as Melanoseps occidentalis .

Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Scincidae

Genus

Melanoseps

Loc

Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877)

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La 2022
2022
Loc

Melanoseps occidentalis zairensis

Brygoo, E. R. & Roux-Esteve, R. 1982: 1187
1982
Loc

Melanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1877)

Tornier, G. 1901: 62
1901
Loc

Scelotes occidentalis (Peters, 1877)

Werner, F. 1898: 530
1898
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