Pygopus

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Pygopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Pygopus
A lizard with no limbs save for 2 flaps
Pygopus lepidopodus

Pygopus is a genus belonging to the family of Australian legless lizards. Members of this genus are also called Scalyfoot.

Classification of the genus Pygopus

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oliver, Paul; Couper, P. J.; Amey, Andrew (2010). "A new species of Pygopus (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland". Zootaxa (Magnolia Press): 47–61. ISSN 1175-5326. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/62879. 


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