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Species of lizard

Northern hooded scaly-foot

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Pygopus
Species:	P. steelescotti
Binomial name
*Pygopus steelescotti* James, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2001

The northern hooded scaly-foot (Pygopus steelescotti) is a species of legless lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species is native to northern Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, steelescotti, is in honor of Dr. Colin Steele-Scott for his support of the South Australian Museum.

P. steelescotti is found in northeastern Western Australia, northern Northern Territory, and northwestern Queensland, Australia.

The preferred natural habitat of P. steelescotti is forest.

Large for its genus, P. steelescotti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 18.5 cm (7.3 in). The tail is very long, 100% to 152% of SVL.

P. steelescotti is oviparous.

^ Cogger, H.; Ellis, R.; Oliver, P.; Zichy-Woinarski, J.; Shea, G. (2017). "Pygopus steelescotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T102831722A102831725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102831722A102831725.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Pygopus steelescotti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pygopus steelescotti, p. 251).
James et al. (2001).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
James BH, Donnellan SC, Hutchinson MN (2001). "Taxonomic revision of the Australian lizard Pygopus nigriceps (Squamata: Gekkonoidea)". Records of the South Australian Museum 34 (1): 37–52. (Pygopus steelescotti, new species, pp. 48–50, Figure 4B).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

Taxon identifiers
Pygopus steelescotti	Wikidata: Q6451987 Wikispecies: Pygopus steelescotti AFD: Pygopus_steelescotti CoL: 4QPGV EoL: 289272 GBIF: 5960698 iNaturalist: 36967 IRMNG: 10729564 ITIS: 819191 IUCN: 102831722 NCBI: 2773105 Observation.org: 102741 Open Tree of Life: 4123183 RD: steelescotti

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