Definition of Pygopod. Meaning of Pygopod. Synonyms of Pygopod

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Definition of Pygopod

Pygopod
Pygopod Py"go*pod, n. [Gr. ? rump + -pod.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Pygopodes. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodid[ae], which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs.

Meaning of Pygopod from wikipedia

- "Exceptional high-frequency hearing and matched vocalizations in Australian pygopod geckos" (PDF). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 213 (11): 1876–1885...
- tree cover. The last abdominal segment bears an anchoring structure or pygopod with 58 or more pygopodia arising from it. Four species are recognized:...
- infraorder Gekkota, meaning that they are essentially legless geckos. Pygopods are the namesake of the Australasian gecko superfamily Pygopodoidea (sometimes...
- containing about 125 genera of geckos, including the snake-like (legless) pygopods. Family Carphodactylidae Family Diplodactylidae Family Eublepharidae Family...
- He used a simple phylogenetic analysis of synapomorphies to place the pygopods within Gekkonidae as sisters to the Diplodactylinae, and delineated this...
- often mistaken for snakes due to their limbless appearance. The family of Pygopods consists of 41 described species found only in Australia and New Guinea...
- Pygopods Diplodactylinae...
- Doughty P, Bauer AM (2018). "An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae)...
- cygnatus), and they are a known prey item of other lizards, such as the pygopod Lialis burtonis. A revision of Australasian species, published in two papers...
- Bauer, Aaron M. (2018). "An annotated type catalogue of the geckos and pygopods (Squamata: Gekkota: Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Gekkonidae, Pygopodidae)...