P. gardineri is usually placed in the subfamilyScincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic. Probably quite close to Janetaescincus, it belongs to a major clade that does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.[6]
The natural habitatsofP. gardineri are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, at altitudes from sea level to 1,600 m (5,200 ft), where it burrows in the leaf litter and soil.[1]
^ abGreer AE (1970). "The systematics and evolution of the Subsaharan Africa, Seychelles, and Mauritius Scincine Scincid lizards". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology140 (1): 1-24. (Pamelaescincus, new genus, pp. 17-18).
^Boulenger GA (1909). "A list of the freshwater fishes, batrachians and reptiles obtained by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner's expedition to the Indian Ocean". Transactions of the Linnean Society12: 291-300. (Scelotes gardineri, new species, pp. 298-300 + Plate 40, figure 5).
^Vesey-Fitzgerald D (1947). "Reptiles and amphibians from the Seychelles Archipelago". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series14: 577-584.
^Evans PGH, Evans JB (1980). "The ecology of lizards on Praslin Islands, Seychelles". Journal of Zoology (London)191 (2): 171-192.
^ abAustin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
^ abBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Pamelaescincus, p. 200; species P. gardineri, p. 97).
