Pseudoacontias angelorum

Pseudoacontias angelorum
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Pseudoacontias
Species:	P. angelorum
Binomial name
	Pseudoacontias angelorum; (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1995)

Last updated October 02, 2025

Pseudoacontias angelorum is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.^[2]

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]

References

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.
1 2 3 4 Pseudoacontias angelorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 11 March 2021.
↑ 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).

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 978-3929449-03-7.
Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ (1995). "Review of the Scincine Genus Pseudoacontias Barboza du Bocage (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of Madagascar". Herpetologica51 (1): 91–99. (Pseudoacontias angelorum, new species).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-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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