# Pygomeles braconnieri

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Species of reptile

Pygomeles braconnieri Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Pygomeles Species: P. braconnieri Binomial name Pygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867

***Pygomeles braconnieri***, also known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as **Braconnier's short skink**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [lizard](/source/Lizard) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Scincidae](/source/Scincidae). The species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar).[2]

## Etymology

The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), *braconnieri* is in honor of [French](/source/French_people) [naturalist](/source/Natural_history) [Séraphin Braconnier](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%A9raphin_Braconnier&action=edit&redlink=1)[3] (1812–1884).[4]

## Geographic range

*P. bracconieri* is found in southwestern Madagascar.[1]

## Habitat

The preferred natural [habitat](/source/Habitat) of *P. braconnieri* is sandy soil in both the [supralittoral zone](/source/Supralittoral_zone) and [forest](/source/Forest), at altitudes of 15–80 m (49–262 ft).[1]

## Description

*P. braconnieri* has no front legs, and the back legs are very small and styliform. It has no visible ear openings.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-2) Vences, M.; Glaw, F.; Andreone, F. (2011). ["*Pygomeles braconnieri*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172973/6951002). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2011** e.T172973A6951002. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172973A6951002.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172973A6951002.en). Retrieved 19 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-RDB_2-1) [*Pygomeles braconnieri*](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Pygomeles&species=braconnieri) at the [Reptarium.cz Reptile Database](http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/). Accessed 20 October 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Beolens B](/source/Richard_Allen_%22Bo%22_Crombet-Beolens), [Watkins M](/source/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)), [Grayson M](/source/Michael_Grayson) (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (*Pygomeles braconnieri*, p. 36).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Bour R](/source/Roger_Bour), [Brygoo É-R](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89doard-Raoul_Brygoo) (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).

## Further reading

- [Glaw F](/source/Frank_Glaw), [Vences M](/source/Miguel_Vences) (2006). *A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition*. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3929449-03-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3929449-03-7).

- [Grandidier A](/source/Alfred_Grandidier) (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).

- [Miralles A](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aur%C3%A9lin_Miralles), [Hipsley CA](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christy_A._Hipsley&action=edit&redlink=1), [Erens J](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesse_Erens&action=edit&redlink=1), [Gehara M](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcelo_Gehara&action=edit&redlink=1), [Rakotoarison A](/source/Andolalao_Rakotoarison), Glaw F, [Müller J](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johannes_M%C3%BCller_(herpetologist)&action=edit&redlink=1), Vences M (2015). "Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)". *PLoS ONE* **10** (6): e0126074.

Taxon identifiers Pygomeles braconnieri Wikidata: Q6451678 Wikispecies: Pygomeles braconnieri BOLD: 460064 CoL: 4QP94 GBIF: 2463691 iNaturalist: 37736 IRMNG: 11238826 IUCN: 172973 NCBI: 143640 Open Tree of Life: 454717 RD: braconnieri

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