Pygmaeascincus

Pygmaeascincus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Eugongylinae
Genus:	Pygmaeascincus Couper & Hoskin, 2014
Species
Three species, see text.

Pygmaeascincus is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). All member species are endemic to Australia.

Species

The following three species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid: ^[1]

• Pygmaeascincus koshlandae (Greer, 1991) – fine-browed dwarf skink
• Pygmaeascincus sadlieri (Greer, 1991) – Magnetic Island dwarf skink
• Pygmaeascincus timlowi (Ingram, 1977) – dwarf litter-skink

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pygmaeascincus.

Etymology

The specific name, sadlieri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Ross Allen Sadlier. ^[2]

The specific name, timlowi, is in honor of Australian biologist Tim Low. ^[2]

References

1. Pygmaeascincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 31 August 2018.
2. 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. (Menetia sadlieri, p. 231; M. timlowi, p. 161).

Further reading

• Couper, Patrick J.; Hoskin, Conrad J. (2014). "A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Menetia (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Zootaxa3884 (6): 597–599. (Pygmaeascincus, new genus).