Geographic range
The genus ''Pseudoacontias'' is Endemism, endemic to Madagascar.Description
All species of ''Pseudoacontias'' are large, fossorial skinks, measuring at least in snout–vent length. They lack limbs or have greatly reduced limbs.Species
The genus contains the following species: *''Pseudoacontias angelorum'' *''Pseudoacontias madagascariensis'' – giant Madagascar skink *''Pseudoacontias menamainty'' *''Pseudoacontias unicolor''Etymology
The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''angelorum'' (genitive, masculine, plural), is in honor of twin brothers Angelien and Angeluc Razafimanantsoa who are Madagascan naturalists.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseudoacontias angelorum'', p. 9).References
Further reading
*José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, Bocage JVB (1889). "''Mélanges erpétologiques. I.—Sur un Scincoidien nouveau de Madagascar'' ". ''Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Segunda Série'' 1: 125–126. (''Pseudoacontias'', new genus, p. 125; ''P. madagascariensis'', new species, pp. 125–126). (in French). Reptiles of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar Lizard genera Pseudoacontias Taxa named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage {{Skink-stub