| Pygomeles | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Pygomeles Grandidier, 1867 |
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Pygomeles is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
Classification
There are three species that are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Pygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867
- Pygomeles petteri G. Pasteur & Paulian, 1962
- Pygomeles trivittatus (Boulenger, 1896)
Etymology
The specific names, braconnieri and petteri, are in honor of French naturalist Séraphin Braconnier and French zoologist Francis Petter, respectively.[2]
References
- ^ a b Pygomeles at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2014.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pygomeles braconnieri, p. 36; P. petteri, p. 205).
Further reading
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
- Grandidier A (1866). "Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar ". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée et de sériculture comparée, Series 2, 19: 232–234. (Pygomeles, new genus, p. 234; P. braconnieri, new species, p. 234). (in French and Latin).