Pygomeles
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| Genus: | Pygomeles Grandidier, 1867
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Pygomeles is a genus of skinks endemic to Madagascar.[1]
Classification
There are two species:[1]
- Pygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867
- Pygomeles petteri G. Pasteur & Paulian, 1962
Etymology
The specific names, braconnieri and petteri, are in honor of French naturalist Séraphin Braconnier and French zoologist Francis Petter, respectively.[2]
References
- ^ a b Pygomeles at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2014.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pygomeles braconnieri, p. 36; P. petteri, p. 205).
Further reading
- 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 sériculture 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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