Pseudoacontias angelorum is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoacontias |
| Species: | P. angelorum
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| Pseudoacontias angelorum | |
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Etymology
editThe specific name, angelorum (masculine, genitive, plural), is in honor of twin brothers Angelien and Angeluc Razafimanantsoa who are Malagasy naturalists.[3]
Geographic range
editP. angelorum is found in northeastern Madagascar.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of P. angelorum is primary rainforest.[1]
Description
editP. angelorum has no front legs, and its back legs are flap-like and styliform.[2]
Reproduction
editThe mode of reproduction of P. angelorum is unknown.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Pseudoacontias angelorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 March 2021.
- ^ 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
edit- 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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