| Pseudoacontias angelorum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoacontias |
| Species: | P. angelorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoacontias angelorum (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1995) | |
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Pseudoacontias angelorum is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology
The specific name, angelorum (masculine, genitive, plural), is in honor of twin brothers Angelien and Angeluc Razafimanantsoa who are Malagasy naturalists.
Geographic range
P. angelorum is found in northeastern Madagascar.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. angelorum is primary rainforest.
Description
P. angelorum has no front legs, and its back legs are flap-like and styliform.
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of P. angelorum is unknown.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- 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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