Pseudoacontias angelorum explained

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.^[1]

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.

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. .
• 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).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Pseudoacontias angelorum, p. 9).