Pygopus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pygopus lepidopodus 431078669 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Common scaly-foot
(Pygopus lepidopodus)
| taxon = Pygopus
| authority = Merrem, 1820
| type_species = Anguis lepidopodus
| type_species_authority = Lacépède, 1804
| range_map = Pygopus distribution.svg
| range_map_caption = 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.{{EMBL genus|genus=Pygopus}} www.reptile-database.org."Pygopus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- Pygopus lepidopodus {{small|(Lacépède, 1804)}} – common scaly-foot
- Pygopus nigriceps {{small|(Fischer, 1882)}} – hooded scaly-foot, western scaly-foot, black-headed scaly-foot, western hooded scaly-foot
- Pygopus robertsi {{small|P. Oliver, Couper & Amey, 2010}} – Robert's scaly-foot, Cape York scaly-foot
- Pygopus schraderi {{small|Boulenger, 1913}} – eastern hooded scaly-foot, eastern scaly-foot
- Pygopus steelescotti {{small|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
Further reading
{{Wikispecies|Pygopus}}
- 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}}.
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Category:Taxa named by Blasius Merrem
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