Pygopus

Pygopus is a genus belonging to the family of Australian legless lizards (Pygopodidae). Members of this genus are also commonly called scaly-foot.

Species
Within the genus Pygopus the following five species are recognized as being valid.


 * Pygopus lepidopodus (Lacépède, 1804) – common scaly-foot
 * Pygopus nigriceps (Fischer, 1882) – hooded scaly-foot, western scaly-foot, black-headed scaly-foot, western hooded scaly-foot
 * Pygopus robertsi P. Oliver, Couper & Amey, 2010 – Robert's scaly-foot, Cape York scaly-foot
 * Pygopus schraderi Boulenger, 1913 – eastern hooded scaly-foot, eastern scaly-foot
 * Pygopus steelescotti James, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2001 – northern hooded scaly-foot

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pygopus.