| Pygmaeascincus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Pygmaeascincus Couper & Hoskin, 2014 |
| Species | |
|
Three species, see text. | |
Pygmaeascincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. All member species are endemic to Australia.
Species
The following three species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid:
- 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
The specific name, sadlieri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Ross Allen Sadlier.
The specific name, timlowi, is in honor of Australian biologist Tim Low.
References
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
- 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).