Northern hooded scaly-foot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Pygopus
Species:
P. steelescotti
Binomial name
Pygopus steelescotti
James, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2001

The northern hooded scaly-foot (Pygopus steelescotti) is a species of legless lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is native to northern Australia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, steelescotti, is in honor of Dr. Colin Steele-Scott for his support of the South Australian Museum.[2][3]

Geographic range

P. steelescotti is found in northeastern Western Australia, northern Northern Territory, and northwestern Queensland, Australia.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. steelescotti is forest.[1]

Description

Large for its genus, P. steelescotti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 18.5 cm (7.3 in). The tail is very long, 100% to 152% of SVL.[4]

Reproduction

P. steelescotti is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cogger, H.; Ellis, R.; Oliver, P.; Zichy-Woinarski, J.; Shea, G. (2017). "Pygopus steelescotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102831722A102831725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102831722A102831725.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Pygopus steelescotti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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. (Pygopus steelescotti, p. 251).
  4. ↑ James et al. (2001).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • James BH, Donnellan SC, Hutchinson MN (2001). "Taxonomic revision of the Australian lizard Pygopus nigriceps (Squamata: Gekkonoidea)". Records of the South Australian Museum 34 (1): 37–52. (Pygopus steelescotti, new species, pp. 48–50, Figure 4B).
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.


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