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Pygopodidae
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Pygopodidae, commonly known as snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, are a family of legless lizards with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. The 47 species are placed in two subfamilies and eight genera. They have unusually long, slender bodies, giving them a strong resemblance to snakes. Like snakes and most geckos, they have no eyelids, but unlike snakes, they have external ear holes and flat, unforked tongues. They are native to Australia and New Guinea.
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Pygopodidae is a family of animals within the kingdom Animalia and phylum Chordata. It belongs to the class Squamata. The taxon is identified by the name Pygopodidae.
Records for this family are held by several institutions, including MADUG-UG, NMV, WAM, AM, and SAMA. Specimens have been documented in Mexico and Australia. A total of 39,994 occurrences have been recorded, while nine specific records are associated with these institutions.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyPygopodidae
Die Flossenfüße (Pygopodidae) bilden eine Familie in der Klasse der Reptilien (Reptilia). Sie sind in Australien, Tasmanien und mit zwei Arten in Neuguinea endemisch. Sie bewohnen Erdhöhlen an der Oberfläche oder graben tiefere Wohnhöhlen und sind nachtaktiv.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Pygopodidae
- Collections
- MADUG-UG, NMV, WAM, AM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pygopodoidea
- Image
- Pygopus lepidopodus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pygopodidae
- taxon name
- Pygopodidae
- taxon rank
- family
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Pygopodidae
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Shared gecko characteristics
- Differences from snakes
- Hearing
- Taxonomy
- Classification
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Pygopodidae, commonly known as snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, are a family of legless lizards with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. The 47 species are placed in two subfamilies and eight genera. They have unusually long, slender bodies, giving them a strong resemblance to snakes. Like snakes and most geckos, they have no eyelids, but unlike snakes, they have external ear holes and flat, unforked tongues. They are native to Australia and New Guinea.
Pygopodids have no fore limbs at all, but they do possess vestigial hind limbs in the form of small, flattened flaps. These may have some role in courtship and defensive behaviour, and may even aid in locomotion through vegetation. Some species are insectivorous burrowing animals, but others are adapted to moving through dense spinifex or other vegetation.
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