{{short description|Species of reptile}} {{speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Vences, M. |author2=Glaw, F. |author3=Andreone, F. |date=2011 |title=''Pygomeles braconnieri'' |volume=2011 |article-number=e.T172973A6951002 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172973A6951002.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Pygomeles | species = braconnieri | authority = [[Alfred Grandidier|Grandidier]], 1867 | synonyms = | range_map = Pygomeles braconnieri distribution.png }}
'''''Pygomeles braconnieri''''', also known [[Common name|commonly]] as '''Braconnier's short skink''', is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Scincidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Madagascar]].<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Pygomeles |species=braconnieri|accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
==Etymology== The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''braconnieri'' is in honor of [[French people|French]] [[Natural history|naturalist]] [[Séraphin Braconnier]]<ref>[[Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|Grayson M]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Pygomeles braconnieri'', p. 36).</ref> (1812–1884).<ref>[[Roger Bour|Bour R]], [[:de:Édoard-Raoul Brygoo|Brygoo É-R]] (2013). "''Séraphin Braconnier (1812–1884), le premier «garçon de laboratoire» de la chaire des Reptiles et Poissons du Muséum de Paris'' ". ''Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France'' '''148''': 503–513. (in French).</ref>
==Geographic range== ''P. bracconieri'' is found in southwestern Madagascar.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
==Habitat== The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''P. braconnieri'' is sandy soil in both the [[supralittoral zone]] and [[forest]], at altitudes of {{convert|15|–|80|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
==Description== ''P. braconnieri'' has no front legs, and the back legs are very small and styliform. It has no visible ear openings.<ref name=RDB/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *[[Frank Glaw|Glaw F]], [[Miguel Vences|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}}. *[[Alfred Grandidier|Grandidier A]] (1867). "''Liste des reptiles nouveau découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar'' ". ''Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée et de Sériciculture Comparée, Paris, 2e Série'' '''19''': 232–234. (''Pygomeles braconnieri'', new species, p. 234). (in French and Latin). *[[:fr:Aurélin Miralles|Miralles A]], [[Christy A. Hipsley|Hipsley CA]], [[Jesse Erens|Erens J]], [[Marcelo Gehara|Gehara M]], [[Andolalao Rakotoarison|Rakotoarison A]], Glaw F, [[Johannes Müller (herpetologist)|Müller J]], Vences M (2015). "Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)". ''PLoS ONE'' '''10''' (6): e0126074.
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[[Category:Pygomeles|braconnieri]] [[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]] [[Category:Reptiles described in 1867]] [[Category:Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier]]
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