Batan scaly-toed gecko

The Batan scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus balioburius) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Philippines.[2]

Batan scaly-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species:
L. balioburius
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus balioburius
Ota & Crombie, 1989

Due to recent developments in the field of phylogeny, many species of Lepidodactylus balioburius have been discovered in Batan, Philippines. Some scientists may believe that Lepidodactylus balioburius and another species in the Lepidodactylus genus, L. yami, are closely related based on observable traits also known as phenotypes. [3].[2]

References

  1. Afuang, L.; Brown, R.; Gonzalez, J.C. (2009). "Lepidodactylus balioburius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169877A6685286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169877A6685286.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Lepidodactylus balioburius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Eliades, S. J., Brown, R. M., Huang, W. S., & Siler, C. D. (2021). Taxonomic Revision of Scaly-toed Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Lepidodactylus) in the Northern Philippines, with Descriptions of Four New Species. Herpetological Monographs, 35(1), 90-111.


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