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	Diagnosis (n=2): “Ce Scincidé se distingue principalement des deux espèces déjà connues du genre par les caractères morphologiques suivants: 1) Absence complète de membres ; 2) Écailles plus grandes; 18 rangées longitudinales seulement autour du tronc ; 3) Ouverture de l'oreille entièrement dissimulée par les écailles; 4) Frontale courte, en contact avec deux supraoculaires seulement. La pigmentation est semblable à celle de Pygomeles braconnieri Grand.” (Pasteur & Paulian 1962)
Comment	Limb morphology: Limbless; also no ear openings visible. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Brygoo E R 1984. Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. XIV. Le genre Pygomeles A. Grandidier 1867. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris, 4th ser., Sect. A., 6: 769-777 Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les types des scincidés (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, catalogue critique. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (4e sér.) 7 (sect. A 3), suppl.: 1-126 Gardner CJ, Raxworthy CJ, Metcalfe K, Raselimanana AP, Smith RJ, Davies ZG 2015. Comparing Methods for Prioritising Protected Areas for Investment: A Case Study Using Madagascar’s Dry Forest Reptiles. PLoS One 10 (7): e0132803, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132803 - get paper here Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Miralles A, Hipsley CA, Erens J, Gehara M, Rakotoarison A, Glaw F, et al. 2015. Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae). PLoS One 10 (6): e0126074. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126074 - get paper here Pasteur,G. & Paulian,R. 1962. Diagnose d’un lézard apode de Madagascar: Pygomeles petteri n. sp. (Scincidae). Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris, 2th ser., 34 (1): 66 - get paper here Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Jesse Erens, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences 2015. Amphibian and reptile records from around the Betsiboka delta area in North-Western Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 8: 535-543 - get paper here Schmitz, A.; M.C. Brandley; P. Mausfeld; M. Vences; F. Glaw; R.A. Nussbaum and T.W. Reeder 2005. Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily “Scincinae”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 118–133 (published online 2004) - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
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