Pygopodidae

Taxonavigation

Lialis burtonis

Taxonavigation: Gekkota
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Sauria Infraordo: Gekkota

Familia: Pygopodidae
Genera (7): Aprasia - Delma - Lialis - Ophidiocephalus - Paradelma - Pletholax - Pygopus

Name

• Pygopodidae Boulenger, 1884

References

• Hutchinson, M. 1998: The first fossil pygopodid (Squamata, Gekkota), and a review of mandibular variation in living species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41: 355–366.
• Jennings, W.B.; Pianka, E.R.; Donnellan, S. 2003: Systematics of the lizard family Pygopodidae with implications for the diversification of Australian temperate biotas. Systematic biology, 52(6): 757-780. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/52.6.757 JSTOR PDF
• Kluge, A.G. 1976: Phylogenetic relationships in the lizard family Pygopodidae: an evaluation of theory, methods and data. Miscellaneous publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, (152) PDF

links

Pygopodidae Boulenger, 1884 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

English: legless lizards, snake-lizards, flap-footed lizards
Polski: Płatonogowate