Pygopus

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

Pygopus
Common scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Pygopus Merrem, 1820
Type species
Anguis lepidopodus Lacépède, 1804
Geographic range of the genus Pygopus in Australia

Species

Within the genus Pygopus the following five species are recognized as being valid.^[1][2]

• Pygopus lepidopodus (Lacépède, 1804) – common scaly-foot
• Pygopus nigriceps (Fischer, 1882) – hooded scaly-foot, western scaly-foot, black-headed scaly-foot, western hooded scaly-foot
• Pygopus robertsi P. Oliver, Couper & Amey, 2010^[3] – Robert's scaly-foot, Cape York scaly-foot
• Pygopus schraderi Boulenger, 1913 – eastern hooded scaly-foot, eastern scaly-foot
• Pygopus steelescotti James, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2001 – northern hooded scaly-foot

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pygopus.