Pygomeles

Pygomeles is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.^[1]

Pygomeles
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae
Genus:	Pygomeles Grandidier, 1867

Classification

There are three species that are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Pygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867 – Braconnier's short skink
• Pygomeles petteri G. Pasteur & Paulian, 1962 – Petter's short skink
• Pygomeles trivittatus (Boulenger, 1896)

References

1. Pygomeles at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2014.

Further reading

• Brygoo É-R (1984). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. XIV. Le genre Pygomeles A. Grandidier 1867 ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série quatrième [Fourth Series], Section A, 6: 769–777. (in French).
• 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 978-3929449037.
• Grandidier A (1866). "Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar ". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée et de sériciculture comparée, Series 2, 19: 232–234. (Pygomeles, new genus, p. 234; P. braconnieri, new species, p. 234). (in French and Latin).