Pygopus nigriceps (FISCHER, 1882)

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Higher Taxa	Pygopodidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Western Scaly-foot, Black-headed Scaly Foot, Hooded Scaly-foot G: Westlicher Flossenfuß
Synonym	Cryptodelma 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
Distribution	Australia (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).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Neotype: 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]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: James et al. 2001: 47
Comment	Synonymy: 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.
Etymology	Presumably 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.gekkota.com/Photos/photos.html http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/pygopodidae.pdf http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/legless/legless.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/legless.html http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/nigrllive1.htm http://www.wildherps.com/species/P.nigriceps.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Pygopodidae/Pygopus/nigriceps Google images

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