You are here » home › search results › Pygopus schraderi

Pygopus schraderi BOULENGER, 1913

iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Pygopus schraderi?

Add your own observation of
Pygopus schraderi »

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaPygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eastern Scaly-foot
G: Östlicher Flossenfuß 
SynonymPygopus schraderi BOULENGER 1913: 564
Pygopus klugei WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 16
Pygopus nigriceps schraderi — RÖSLER 2000
Pygopus schraderi — JAMES, DONNELAN & HUTCHINSON 2001
Pygopus schraderi — GREER 2006 (online)
Pygopus schraderi — MICHAEL et al. 2011 
DistributionE Australia (New South Wales)

Type locality: Milparinha [= Milparinka], New South Wales.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.28.2
Holotype: AMS [klugei] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: James et al. 2001: 49 
CommentHabitat: heavier soils, rocky substrats, aris and semi-arid zones

Limb morphology: Limbless.

Synonymy: after JAMES et al. 2001. Kluge 1974: 153 included P. schraderi in the synonymy of P. nigriceps. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Carl Wilhelm Otto Schrader (1852-1930), a German explorer, naturalist, herpetologist, and astronomer. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Michael, D.R.; D.B. Lindenmayer; M. Crane; C. MacGregor; R. Montague-Drake; L. McBurney. 2011. Reptilia, Murray catchment, New South Wales, southeastern Australia. Check List 7 (1):25-29 - 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.
  • 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.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pygopus&species=schraderi

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.



Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator