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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pygopus lepidopodus 431078669 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = [[Common scaly-foot]]<br>(''Pygopus lepidopodus'')
| taxon = Pygopus
| authority = [[Blasius Merrem|Merrem]], 1820
| type_species = ''[[Pygopus lepidopodus|Anguis lepidopodus]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1804
| range_map = Pygopus distribution.svg
| range_map_caption = Geographic range of the genus ''Pygopus'' in Australia
}}

'''''Pygopus''''' is a [[genus]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] of Australian legless [[lizards]] ([[Pygopodidae]]). Members of this genus are also commonly called '''scaly-foot'''.

==Species==
Within the genus ''Pygopus'' the following five [[species]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Pygopus}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref><ref>"''Pygopus'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>

*''[[Pygopus lepidopodus]]'' {{small|([[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1804)}} – common scaly-foot
*''[[Pygopus nigriceps]]'' {{small|([[Johann Gustav Fischer|Fischer]], 1882)}} – hooded scaly-foot, western scaly-foot, black-headed scaly-foot, western hooded scaly-foot
*''[[Pygopus robertsi]]'' {{small|[[:fr:Paul M. Oliver|P. Oliver]], [[Patrick J. Couper|Couper]] & [[Andrew P. Amey|Amey]], 2010}}<ref name="oliver2010"/> – Robert's scaly-foot, Cape York scaly-foot
*''[[Pygopus schraderi]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1913}} –  eastern hooded scaly-foot, eastern scaly-foot
*''[[Pygopus steelescotti]]'' {{small|[[Brian H. James|James]], [[Steve Donnellan (scientist)|Donnellan]] & [[Mark Norman Hutchinson|Hutchinson]], 2001}} – northern hooded scaly-foot

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Pygopus''.

==References==
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<ref name="oliver2010">{{Cite journal|title=A new species of ''Pygopus'' (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland|last1=Oliver|first1=Paul M.|author-link=:fr:Paul M. Oliver|last2=Couper|first2=Patrick|authorlink2=Patrick J. Couper|last3=Amey|first3=Andrew|journal=Zootaxa|year=2010|volume = 2578|pages=47–61|issn=1175-5326|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2578.1.3|hdl=2440/62879}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{Wikispecies|Pygopus}}
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus ''Pygopus'', p.&nbsp;240).
*[[Harold Cogger|Cogger HG]] (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}.
*[[Blasius Merrem|Merrem B]] (1820). ''Versuchs eines Systems der Amphibien: Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum.'' Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + one plate. (''Pygopus'', new genus, p.&nbsp;77). (in German and Latin).
*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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[[Category:Pygopus| ]]
[[Category:Legless lizards]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Blasius Merrem]]


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