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Definition of Pygopodidae
1. Noun. Australian and Tasmanian lizards.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Lacertilia, Sauria, Suborder Lacertilia, Suborder Sauria
Member holonyms: Genus Pygopus, Pygopus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pygopodidae
Literary usage of Pygopodidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... of a small family which is peculiar to the region, the pygopodidae. ...
Thus in New Guinea lizards of thn Indian region are mixed with pygopodidae, ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Lastly there are the few pygopodidae of the Australian region, with still quite
obscure relationship. The agamas have always two pairs of well-developed ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"... they dug long tortuous channels, in which they moved forwards and sometimes
backwards, but they never came to the surface. Fam. 18. pygopodidae. ..."
4. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... the Skinks (103 species), the Varanidae (11 species), and the legless, snake-
like pygopodidae (11 species), which family is confined to Australia. ..."
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