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 Pygopodidae
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Bibliography of the genus
Pygopus (Typical Scaly-foots)
(Reptilia: Sauria: Pygopodidae)
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Pygopus in general
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Linton, E.H. 1929. Pygopus, the mud-dweller. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 45(10): 248-252.
Woodland, W.N.F. 1920. Some observations on caudal autotomy and regeneration in the gecko (Hemidactylus flavivividis Rüppell), with notes on the tails of Sphenodon and Pygopus. Quarterly J. Microsc. Sci. London 65: 63-100.
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Pygopus lepidopodus
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Chatto, R. 1989. A record of the common scalyfoot (Pygopus lepidopodus) in central Gippsland, Victoria. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 19(1): 7.
Crouch, C. 1977. Legless lizards of the Little Desert. Victorian Naturalist 94(4): 156-157.
Daly, G. 1992. Reproductive biology of the scaly foot, Pygopus lepidopodus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 22(2): 40-42.
Fitzgerald, M. 1983. Some observations on the reproductive biology of the common scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 14(1-2): 79-80.
Greer, A.E. 1991. Behavioural mimicry in the automized tail of a pygopodid lizard. Western Australian Naturalist 18(6): 161-163.
Hoser, R. 1983. Notes on egg laying in the scalyfoot (Pygopus lepidopus) and other reptiles. Herptile 8(4): 134-136.
Hoser, R. 1985. Notes on the feeding behaviour of the common scaly foot (Pygopus lepidopus) and Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis). Herptile 10(3): 93-94.
Hoser, R.T. 2002. Further comments on sidewinding in Australian elapid snakes with a report on sidewinding in a pygopodid lizard. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 32(1): 54.
Husband, G. 1980. Unusual burrowing behaviour in Pygopus lepidopodus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 12(1): 36.
Lethbridge, P.J.; Hawkes, T.A. 1994. New data on the distribution of Pygopus lepidopodus (Pygopodidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37(1): 120.
Lord, C.E.; Scott, H.H. 1924. A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania. Oldham, Beddome and Meredith, Hobart. 340 pp.
May, E. 1978. Einige Beobachtungen zum Verhalten von Pygopus lepidopodus (Reptilia: Sauria: Pygopodidae). Salamandra 14(1): 1-8.
Michael, D.; MacGregor, C.; Okada, S.; Lindenmayer, D. 2014. Predation of a Common Scaly-foot Pygopus lepidopodus by an Eastern Small-eyed Snake Cryptophis nigrescens in New South Wales. Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 131(5): 186-187.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1921. Occurrence of the Australian slowworm in New Zealand. New Zealand J. Sci. Tech. 4: 263.
Ormsby, A.I. 1961. A curious breeding record of a legless lizard (Pygopus lepidopodus). Proc. Royal Zool. Soc. New South Wales 1958-59: 59.
Patchell, F.C.; Shine, R. 1986. Feeding mechanisms in pygopodid lizards: how can Lialis swallow such large prey? Journal of Herpetology 20(1): 59-64.
Patchell, F.C.; Shine, R. 1986. Hinged teeth for hard-bodied prey: a case of convergent evolution between snakes and legless lizards. Journal of Zoology (A) 208(2): 269-275.
Peters, U. 1986. Fusslose Echsen. Zwei Beispiele aus der Familie Pygopodidae. Aquarium (Bornheim) 210: 657-659.
Smith, A.; Meulders, B.; Michael, B.C.; Driscoll, D. 2012. Wildfire-induced mortality of Australian reptiles. Herpetology Notes 5: 233-235.
Swan, M.G. 1997. The presence of the common scaly foot, Pygopus lepidopodus on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27(2): 53.
Wall, M.; Shine, R. 2009. The relationship between foraging ecology and lizard chemoreception: can a snake analogue (Burton's legless lizard, Lialis burtonis) detect prey scent? Ethology 115(3): 264-272.
Wall, M.; Thompson, M.B.; Shine, R. 2013. Does foraging mode affect metabolic responses to feeding? A study of pygopodid lizards. Current Zoology 59(5): 618-625.
Wells, R.; Husband, G.A. 1979. Comments on the reproduction of Pygopus lepidopodus (Lacepede). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 11(1): 22-25.
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Pygopus nigriceps
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Bustard, R. 1968. Pygopus nigriceps (Fischer): a lizard mimicking a venomous snake. British Journal of Herpetology 4: 22.
Doody, J.S.; Castellano, C.M. 2014. Natural history notes: Pygopus nigriceps (Western Hooded Scaly-foot). Tail autotomy. Herpetological Review 45(3): 504-505.
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 (Adelaide) 34(1): 37-52.
Metcalfe, D.C.; Peterson, M. 2005. Foraging behaviour and a potential dietary record, and the southern most record in Western Australia, for Pygopus nigriceps (Fischer, 1882) (Sauria: Pygopodidae), with a review of predatory technique and diet in the genus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 35(1): 4-6.
Patchell, F.C.; Shine, R. 1986. Hinged teeth for hard-bodied prey: a case of convergent evolution between snakes and legless lizards. Journal of Zoology (A) 208(2): 269-275.
Philipp, G.A. 1980. An observation of predatory behaviour by a pygopodid lizard on a scorpion. Western Australian Naturalist 14(8): 240.
Philipp, G.A. 1980. An observation of predatory behaviour by pygopodid lizard on a scorpion. Western Australian Naturalist 14(8): 240.
Pianka, E.R. 2010. Notes on the ecology of four species of pygopodid lizards in the Great Victoria desert. Western Australian Naturalist 27(3): 175-181.
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Pygopus robertsi
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Oliver, P.M.; Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P. 2010. A new species of Pygopus (Pygopodidae; Gekkota; Squamata) from north-eastern Queensland. Zootaxa 2578: 47-61.
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Pygopus schraderi
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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 (Adelaide) 34(1): 37-52.
Oliver, P.; Hutchinson, M. 2009. An adult microphthalmic gekkotan Pygopus schraderi (Squamata: Pygopododiae). Herpetological Review 40(4): 414-415.
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Pygopus steelescotti
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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 (Adelaide) 34(1): 37-52.
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