''Pygomeles'' is a
genus
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of
skink
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s,
lizard
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s in the
family
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Scincidae. The genus is
endemic
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to
Madagascar
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.
Classification
There are three species that are recognized as being valid.
[
*'' Pygomeles braconnieri'' – Braconnier's short skink
*'' Pygomeles petteri'' – Petter's short skink
*'' Pygomeles trivittatus''
]
References
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'' ourth 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. .
* 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
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).
Reptiles of Madagascar
Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier
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