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<bibRefCitation author="Broadley, DG" journalOrPublisher="African Journal of Herpetology" pageId="10" pageNumber="173" pagination="95 - 112" publicationUrl="10.1080/21564574.2006.9635543" refId="B23" refString="Broadley, DG, Whiting, SA, Bauer, AM, 2006. A revision of East Africa species of Melanoseps Boulenger (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae). African Journal of Herpetology 55: 95 - 112, DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2006.9635543" title="A revision of East Africa species of Melanoseps Boulenger (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae)." url="10.1080/21564574.2006.9635543" volume="55" year="2006">Broadley et al. (2006)</bibRefCitation>
assigned the northern Mozambique specimens to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="171">Melanoseps loveridgei</emphasis>
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, while specimens from southern Malawi are referred to as
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. We used the key from
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to identify the specimens based on number mid-body scale rows (24).
<bibRefCitation author="Timberlake, JR" journalOrPublisher="Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London" pageId="10" pageNumber="173" publicationUrl="http://www.kew.org/sites/default/files/kppcont_067897.pdf" refId="B69" refString="Timberlake, JR, Bayliss, J, Dowsett-Lemaire, F, Conghan, C, Branch, WR, Collins, S, Curran, M, Dowsett, RJ, Fishpool, L, Francisco, J, Harris, T, Kopp, M, de Sousa, C, 2012. Mt. Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation. In: Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, http://www.kew.org/sites/default/files/kppcont_067897.pdf" title="Mt. Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation." url="http://www.kew.org/sites/default/files/kppcont_067897.pdf" volumeTitle="Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15 / 036." year="2012">Timberlake et al. (2012)</bibRefCitation>
were the first to report this species from Mt. Mabu and this was only the second record for this genus in Mozambique.
<bibRefCitation author="Farooq, HOM" journalOrPublisher="Herpetology Notes" pageId="10" pageNumber="173" pagination="59 - 62" refId="B38" refString="Farooq, HOM, Conradie, W, 2015. A second record of Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883 (Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) for Mozambique. Herpetology Notes 8: 59 - 62" title="A second record of Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883 (Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) for Mozambique." volume="8" year="2015">Farooq and Conradie (2015)</bibRefCitation>
recorded
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from Mt. Namuli. This identification was tentative, as material got lost in a motor vehicle accident and could not be examined. Based on the close proximity to Mt. Mabu the Mt. Namuli record should be regarded as
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.
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