Pygomeles trivittatus BOULENGER, 1896

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Pygomeles trivittatus trilineatus (ANGEL 1942) Pygomeles trivittatus trivittatus BOULENGER 1896
Common Names
Synonym	Pygomeles trivittatus BOULENGER 1896: 449 Pygomeles trivittatus — ANGEL 1942: 119 Scelotes trivittatus — BRYGOO 1980 Androngo trivittatus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 319 Androngo trivittatus — ANDREONE & GREER 2002: 164 Pygomeles trivittatus — MIRALLES et al. 2015 Pygomeles trivittatus trilineatus (ANGEL 1942) Scelotes trilineatus ANGEL 1942 Androngo trivittatus trilineatus — BRYGOO 1987: 257 Pygomeles trivittatus trilineatus — MIRALLES et al. 2015
Distribution	S Madagascar trivittatus: S Madagascar trilineatus: coastal S Madagascar; Type locality: “Forê de Bevia (Behara)”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.66 (formerly 95.10.29.29), Imerina, Madagascar, collected Rev. R. Baron. Designated by Brygoo (1979) as 1946.8.13.65 (specimen with tail length 111mm), but corrected by Brygoo (1987). Holotype: MNHN-RA 1950.0329, paratype MNHN-RA 1950.0330 [trilineatus]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy: Androngo appears to be nested within Amphiglossus (SCHMITZ et al. 2005, CROTTINI et al. 2009, MIRALLES et al. 2011) but this species more recently was found to be more closely related to Pygomeles. Type species: Pygomeles trivittatus BOULENGER 1896: 449 is the type species of the genus Androngo BRYGOO 1982.
References	Andreone, F. & Greer, A.E. 2002. Malagasy scincid lizards: descriptions of nine new species, with notes on the morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of some previously described species (Reptilia, Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Zoology 258, 139-181 - get paper here Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp. Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Descriptions of new lizards from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 444-449 - get paper here Brygoo E 1980. Systematique des lezards scincides de la region Malagache. 1. Scelotes trivittatus (Boulenger, 1896) nov. comb. synonyme de Scelotes trilineatus Angel, 1949. Bulletin du Museum National D'histoire Naturelle SECTION A ZOOLOGIE BIOLOGIE ET ECOLOGIE ANIMALES 7 (4) [1979]: 1115-1120 Brygoo, E.R. 1987. Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. XIX. Données nouvelles sur le genre Androngo. Bulletin du Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle (4) 9 (1): 255-263 Brygoo,E.R. 1981. Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. IX. Nouvelles unités taxinomiques pour les Scelotes s.l. Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris, 4th ser., Sect. A., 3 (4): 1193-1204 Crottini, Angelica; Janina Dordel, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Andreas Schmitz, Miguel Vences 2009. A multilocus phylogeny of Malagasy scincid lizards elucidates the relationships of the fossorial genera Androngo and Cryptoscincus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53 (1): 345-350 - get paper here D'Cruze, Neil; Annette Olsonn, David Henson, Sunil Kumar, and David Emmett. 2009. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lower Onilahy River Valley, a Temporary Protected Area in Southwest Madagascar. Herp. Cons. Biol. 4: 62-79 - 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
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