Pygmaeascincus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Pygmaeascincus Couper & Hoskin, 2014 |
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Three species, see text. | |
Pygmaeascincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. All member species are endemic to Australia.
Species
[edit]The following three species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:[1]
- Pygmaeascincus koshlandae (Greer, 1991) – fine-browed dwarf skink
- Pygmaeascincus sadlieri (Greer, 1991) – Magnetic Island dwarf skink
- Pygmaeascincus timlowi (Ingram, 1977) – dwarf litter-skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pygmaeascincus.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, sadlieri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Ross Allen Sadlier.[2]
The specific name, timlowi, is in honor of Australian biologist Tim Low.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Pygmaeascincus.
- ^ Pygmaeascincus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Menetia sadlieri, p. 231; M. timlowi, p. 161).
Further reading
[edit]- Couper, Patrick J.; Hoskin, Conrad J. (2014). "A new genus to accommodate three skinks currently assigned to Menetia (Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Zootaxa 3884 (6): 597–599. (Pygmaeascincus, new genus).