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The hooded scaly-foot, ''Pygopus nigriceps'', is an endemic Australian legless lizard of the Pygopodidae family. ==Description== Adult hooded scaly-foots range from 45 to 55 cm long, with an average snout to vent length of 22.7 cm. Females are generally larger than males.〔 Hooded scaly-foots show no trace of forelimbs, whilst the hind limbs are reduced to scaly flaps.〔〔 These hind limbs are small and paddle-shaped, with modified scales which do not aid in movement.〔〔 The scales of the hooded scaly-foot are smooth and weakly glossed.〔〔 Usually, it has 120 or more ventral scales,〔〔 which are in a paired series, much larger than the adjacent body scales.〔〔 Body colour varies from brown to reddish-brown,〔 with desert specimens usually a more orangish colour and other individuals a duller brown.〔 It is white below.〔〔 The species has little to no body pattern, with oblique dark lines converging mid-dorsally.〔〔 These scaly-foots are characterised by black bands across the head and neck which may look like a hood.〔〔〔 This hood comprises a band across the eyes onto the lips, a dark smudge on the nostrils, and a broad band across the neck.〔〔〔 These dark bands may fade or merge with age.〔〔 The lidless eye is well developed,〔〔 covered with a transparent spectacle.〔〔 The species is able to lick clean this spectacle using its broad, fleshy tongue.〔 It also retains conspicuous ear openings.〔〔 The hooded scaly-foot can be differentiated from the four other species in the genus ''Pygopus'' if the nostril contacts the first upper labial scale.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hooded scaly-foot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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