Pygmaeascincus

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

Pygmaeascincus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Pygmaeascincus
Couper & Hoskin, 2014
Species

Three species, see text.

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]

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)". Zootaxa 3884 (6): 597–599. (Pygmaeascincus, new genus).


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