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Pygopus nigriceps (FISCHER, 1882)

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Higher TaxaPygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Scaly-foot, Black-headed Scaly Foot, Hooded Scaly-foot
G: Westlicher Flossenfuß 
SynonymCryptodelma nigriceps FISCHER 1882
Cryptodelma nigriceps — BOULENGER 1885: 242
Delma (Cryptodelma) bailey GÜNTHER 1897: 170
Pygopus nigriceps — KINGHORN 1924
Pygopus baileyi — KINGHORN 1924
Pygopus baileyi — GLAUERT 1960
Pygopus nigriceps — KLUGE 1974: 153
Pygopus territorianus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 16
Pygopus nigriceps — KLUGE 1993
Pygopus nigriceps — RÖSLER 1995: 91
Pygopus nigriceps — COGGER 2000: 298
Pygopus nigriceps — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia), sandy deserts of Central and Western Australian.

Type locality: Nicol Bay, Western Australia. Neotype locality: Yule River, WA (20° 40’ S, 118° 21’ E).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: WAM R102063, designated by James et al 2001. The holotype, SMNS = KNS 2259 was considered lost fide Schlüter & Hallermann 1997 but still extant fide A. Kupfer, pers. comm., 27 March 2019.
Holotype: BMNH (lost fide KLUGE 1974) [baileyi]
Holotype: AMS [territorianus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: James et al. 2001: 47 
CommentSynonymy: after JAMES et al. 2001 (who also resurrected P. schraderi from the synonymy of P. nigriceps).

Subspecies: Pygopus nigriceps schraderi BOULENGER 1913 is now treated as valid species.

Limb morphology: Limbless. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin niger (black) plus ceps (head), referring to the dark head of the species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1913. Descriptions of new lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 12: 563-565 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Bush, B. 1981. Reptiles of the Kalgoorlie-Esperance Region. B. Bush, Perth, 46 pp - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Doody, J. Sean and Christina M. Castellano. 2014. Pygopus nigriceps (western hooded scaly-foot) tail autotomy. Herpetological Review 45 (3): 504-505 - get paper here
  • Ellis, Ryan J.; Paul Doughty and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 33: 051–094 - get paper here
  • Escoriza Boj, D. 2005. Australia. Reptiles and Amphibians, Part 2: Desert and tropical savanna. Reptilia (GB) (41): 52-57 - get paper here
  • Fischer, J. G. 1882. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. I. Bemerkungen über einzelne Stücke der Schlangensammlung des kön. Zoologischen Museums in Dresden. . II. Neue Eidechen aus Australien und Polynesien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 48: 281-302 - get paper here
  • Glauert, L. 1956. Herpetological Miscellanea VIII Snake Lizards and Worm Lizards (Family Pygopodidae). Western Australian Naturalist 5 (6): - get paper here
  • Grossmann, W. 1988. Das Portrait: Pygopus nigriceps (FISCHER). Sauria 10 (2): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1897. Description of a new species of Delma from Western Australia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 19: 170—172 - get paper here
  • James, B. H., S. C. Donnellan & M. N. Hutchinson 2001. Taxonomic revision of the Australian lizard Pygopus nigriceps (Squamata: Gekkonoidea). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 34 (1): 37-52 - get paper here
  • Kinghorn, J. Roy 1926. A brief review of the family Pygopodidae. Rec. Austral. Mus. 15 (1): 40-64 - get paper here
  • Kluge, Arnold G. 1976. Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard family Pygopodidae: an evaluation of theory, methods and data. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (152): 1-72 - get paper here
  • Maryan, B. 2005. A HERPETOFAUNA HOTSPOT, THE CENTRAL WEST COAST OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Western Australian Naturalist 25 (1): 1-24 - get paper here
  • Maryan, B., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3
  • Pianka, E. R. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50 (3): 498-502 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R. 2010. Notes on the ecology of four species of pygopodid lizards in the Great Victoria Desert. Western Australian Naturalist 27: 175-181 - get paper here
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Schlüter, A. & Hallermann, J. 1997. The Type Specimens in the Herpetological Collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A (553): 1-15 - get paper here
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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