Pygomeles
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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| 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.
- Pygomeles braconnieri {{small|Grandidier, 1867}} – Braconnier's short skink
- Pygomeles petteri {{small|G. Pasteur & Paulian, 1962}} – Petter's short skink
- Pygomeles trivittatus {{small|(Boulenger, 1896)}}
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:Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier
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