Pygmaeascincus

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Pygmaeascincus
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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 skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. All member species are endemic to Australia.

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Species

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

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]

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References

  1. Pygmaeascincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 31 August 2018.
  2. 1 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).

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