Pygopus

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Pygopus
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Common scaly-foot
(Pygopus lepidopodus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Pygopus
Merrem, 1820
Type species
Anguis lepidopodus
Lacépède, 1804
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Geographic range of the genus Pygopus in Australia

Pygopus is a genus belonging to the family of Australian legless lizards (Pygopodidae). Members of this genus are also commonly called scaly-foot.

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Species

Within the genus Pygopus the following five species are recognized as being valid. [1] [2]

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

References

  1. Genus Pygopus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "Pygopus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  3. Oliver, Paul M. [in French]; Couper, Patrick; Amey, Andrew (2010). "A new species of Pygopus (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland". Zootaxa. 2578: 47–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2578.1.3. hdl:2440/62879. ISSN   1175-5326.

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