Pygomeles

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}

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| taxon = Pygomeles

| authority = Grandidier, 1867

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Pygomeles is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.{{NRDB genus|genus=Pygomeles|accessdate=21 May 2014}}

Classification

There are three species that are recognized as being valid.

References

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Further reading

  • Brygoo É-R (1984). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. XIV. Le genre Pygomeles A. Grandidier 1867 ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série quatrième [Fourth Series], Section A, 6: 769–777. (in French).
  • 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 sériciculture comparée, Series 2, 19: 232–234. (Pygomeles, new genus, p. 234; P. braconnieri, new species, p. 234). (in French and Latin).

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Category:Reptiles of Madagascar

Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar

Category:Lizard genera

Category:Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier

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