Leopold dtella

The Leopold dtella (Gehyra leopoldi) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Leopold dtella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gehyra
Species:
G. leopoldi
Binomial name
Gehyra leopoldi
Synonyms[2]
  • Gehyra leopoldi
    Brongersma, 1930
  • Peropus leopoldi
    — Chrapliwy et al., 1961
  • Gehyra leopoldi
    — Wermuth, 1965

Etymology

The specific name leopoldi, is in honor of Leopold III, King of the Belgians.[3]

Geographic range

G. leopoldi is found in Indonesia and New Guinea.[2]

Reproduction

G. leopoldi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P. (2015). "Gehyra leopoldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42482849A42482854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42482849A42482854.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Gehyra leopoldi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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. (Gehyra leopoldi, p. 155).

Further reading
  • Brongersma, Leo (1930). "Sur un Geckonidae nouveau, Gehyra leopoldi, nov. sp., de la Nouvelle-Guinée ". Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique 6 (11): 1–3. (Gehyra leopoldi, new species). (in French).
  • Chrapliwy, Pete S.; Smith, Hobart M.; Grant, Chapman (1961). "Systematic Status of the Geckonid Lizard Genera Gehyra, Peropus, *Hoplodactylus and Naultinus ". Herpetologica 17 (1): 5–12. (Peropus leopoldi, new combination).
  • Rösler, Herbert; Glaw, Frank; Günther, Rainer (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota 5: 33–64. (in German, with an abstract in English).


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