Pygopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Pygopodidae
Genus: Pygopus
Species (5 + †1): P. lepidopodus – P. nigriceps – P. robertsi – P. schraderi – P. steelescotti – †P. hortulanus

Name

Pygopus Merrem, 1820

References

• Hutchinson, M.N. 1997: The first fossil pygopod (Squamata, Gekkota), and a review of mandibular variation in living species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 41: 355–366.
• James, B.H.; Donnellan, S.C.; Hutchinson, M.N. 2001: Taxonomic revision of the Australian lizard Pygopus nigriceps (Squamata: Gekkonoidea). Records of the South Australian Museum, 34: 37–52. PDF
• Mead, J.I. et al. 2008: Pygopus (Squamata: Pygopodidae) from mid-Holocene cave deposits, Western and South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum, 25: 87–93. PDF
• Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.; Amey, A. 2010: A new species of Pygopus (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland. Zootaxa, 2578: 47–61. Preview

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pygopus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 May 2025.