Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko
Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus mutahi ) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Bougainville Island.[2]
| Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lepidodactylus |
| Species: | L. mutahi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidodactylus mutahi W. Brown & F. Parker, 1977 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, mutahi, refers to the Mutahi area in northeastern Bougainville Island.[2][3]
Description
Adults of L. mutahi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.7–5.6 centimetres (1.5–2.2 in).[2]
References
- Allison, A.; Harlow, P. (2013). "Lepidodactylus mutahi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T178599A1539351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178599A1539351.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Lepidodactylus mutahi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidodactylus mutahi, p. 185).
Further reading
- Brown, Walter C.; Parker, Fred (1977). "Lizards of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Islands of the Pacific, with Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 41 (8): 253–265. (Lepidodactylus mutahi, new species, pp. 259–260).
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