Pygomeles petteri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Pygomeles
Species:

Pygomeles petteri Pasteur & Paulian, 1962: 66

Holotype: MNHN-RA-8955, collected by F. Petter in 1960.
Type locality: “sur certaine pentes de la forêt de l'Ankarafantsika, dans les environs immédiats de la station forestiere d'Ampijora”.

Pasteur, G. & Paulian, R. 1962. Diagnose d’un lézard apode de Madagascar: Pygomeles petteri sp. n. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 2ème série 34(1): 66. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pygomeles petteri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 July 2022.
Randriamahazo, H. & Vences, M. 2011. IUCN: Pygomeles petteri (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172872A6933169. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172872A6933169.en. Accessed on 01 July 2022.