| Pygopus | |
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| Common scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Pygopus Merrem, 1820 |
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| Geographic range of the genus Pygopus in Australia | |
Pygopus is a genus belonging to the family of Australian legless lizards (Pygopodidae). Members of this genus are also commonly called scaly-foot.
Species
Within the genus Pygopus the following five species are recognized as being valid.[1][2]
- Pygopus lepidopodus (Lacépède, 1804) – common scaly-foot
- Pygopus nigriceps (Fischer, 1882) – hooded scaly-foot, western scaly-foot, black-headed scaly-foot, western hooded scaly-foot
- Pygopus robertsi P. Oliver, Couper & Amey, 2010[3] – Robert's scaly-foot, Cape York scaly-foot
- Pygopus schraderi Boulenger, 1913 – eastern hooded scaly-foot, eastern scaly-foot
- Pygopus steelescotti James, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2001 – northern hooded scaly-foot
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pygopus.
References
- ^ Genus Pygopus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Pygopus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Oliver, Paul M.; Couper, Patrick; Amey, Andrew (2010). "A new species of Pygopus (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland". Zootaxa. 2578: 47–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2578.1.3. hdl:2440/62879. ISSN 1175-5326.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Pygopus, p. 240).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Merrem B (1820). Versuchs eines Systems der Amphibien: Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + one plate. (Pygopus, new genus, p. 77). (in German and Latin).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.