| Pygomeles braconnieri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Pygomeles |
| Species: | P. braconnieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867
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Pygomeles braconnieri, also known commonly as Braconnier's short skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.2
Etymology
The specific name, braconnieri is in honor of French naturalist Séraphin Braconnier3 (1812–1884).4
Geographic range
P. bracconieri is found in southwestern Madagascar.1
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. braconnieri is sandy soil in both the supralittoral zone and forest, at altitudes of 15–80 m (49–262 ft).1
Description
P. braconnieri has no front legs, and the back legs are very small and styliform. It has no visible ear openings.2
References
References
- Vences, M.; Glaw, F.; Andreone, F. (2011). "Pygomeles braconnieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T172973A6951002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172973A6951002.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Pygomeles braconnieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pygomeles braconnieri, p. 36).
- Bour R, Brygoo É-R (2013). "Séraphin Braconnier (1812–1884), le premier «garçon de laboratoire» de la chaire des Reptiles et Poissons du Muséum de Paris ". Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 148: 503–513. (in French).
Further reading
Further reading
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
- Grandidier A (1867). "Liste des reptiles nouveau découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar ". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée et de Sériciculture Comparée, Paris, 2e Série 19: 232–234. (Pygomeles braconnieri, new species, p. 234). (in French and Latin).
- Miralles A, Hipsley CA, Erens J, Gehara M, Rakotoarison A, Glaw F, Müller J, Vences M (2015). "Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)". PLoS ONE 10 (6): e0126074.