Pseudoacontias angelorum

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Pseudoacontias angelorum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Pseudoacontias
Species:
P. angelorum
Binomial name
Pseudoacontias angelorum
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Pseudoacontias angelorum is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, angelorum (masculine, genitive, plural), is in honor of twin brothers Angelien and Angeluc Razafimanantsoa who are Malagasy naturalists.[3]

Geographic range[]

P. angelorum is found in northeastern Madagascar.[2]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of P. angelorum is primary rainforest.[1]

Description[]

P. angelorum has no front legs, and its back legs are flap-like and styliform.[2]

Reproduction[]

The mode of reproduction of P. angelorum is unknown.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2010). "Pseudoacontias angelorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178646A7587699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178646A7587699.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Pseudoacontias angelorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ 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. (Pseudoacontias angelorum, p. 9).

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.
  • Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ (1995). "Review of the Scincine Genus Pseudoacontias Barboza du Bocage (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of Madagascar". Herpetologica 51 (1): 91–99. (Pseudoacontias angelorum, new species).



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