| Pygomeles | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Pygomeles Grandidier, 1867 |
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Pygomeles is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.1
Classification
There are three species that are recognized as being valid.1
- Pygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867 – Braconnier's short skink
- Pygomeles petteri G. Pasteur & Paulian, 1962 – Petter's short skink
- Pygomeles trivittatus (Boulenger, 1896)
Further reading
Further reading
- Brygoo É-R (1984). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. XIV. Le genre Pygomeles A. Grandidier 1867 ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série quatrième [Fourth Series], Section A, 6: 769–777. (in French).
- 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 978-3929449037.
- Grandidier A (1866). "Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar ". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée et de sériciculture comparée, Series 2, 19: 232–234. (Pygomeles, new genus, p. 234; P. braconnieri, new species, p. 234). (in French and Latin).