Pseudoacontias angelorum

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Pseudoacontias angelorum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Pseudoacontias
Species:
P. angelorum
Binomial name
Pseudoacontias angelorum
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Pseudoacontias angelorum is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, angelorum (masculine, genitive, plural), is in honor of twin brothers Angelien and Angeluc Razafimanantsoa who are Malagasy naturalists. [3]

Geographic range

P. angelorum is found in northeastern Madagascar. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. angelorum is primary rainforest. [1]

Description

P. angelorum has no front legs, and its back legs are flap-like and styliform. [2]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of P. angelorum is unknown. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2010). "Pseudoacontias angelorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T178646A7587699. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178646A7587699.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pseudoacontias angelorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 11 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudoacontias angelorum, p. 9).

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