Pygomeles petteri PASTEUR & PAULIAN, 1962
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Petter's Short Skink |
Synonym | Pygomeles petteri PASTEUR & PAULIAN 1962 Pygomeles petteri — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 320 Pygomeles petteri — SCHMITZ et al. 2005 Pygomeles petteri — MIRALLES et al. 2015 |
Distribution | NW Madagascar Type locality: “sur certaine pentes de la forêt de l'Ankarafantsika, dans les environs immédiats de la station forestiere d'Ampijora” |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 8955; paratypes: MNHN-RA 1989.3467, Montpellier ? |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Limb morphology: Limbless; also no ear openings visible. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
Etymology | Named after Professor Dr. Francis Petter, who worked at Laboratoire de Zoologie, Mammiferes et Oiseaux, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. He was elected an honorary member of the American Society of Mammalogists (1987). |
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