Lanyu scaly-toed gecko

The Lanyu scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus yami) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Orchid Island (=Chinese: 蘭嶼; pinyin: Lán Yǔ), Taiwan.[1]

Lanyu scaly-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species:
L. yami
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus yami
Ota, 1987

Etymology

The specific name, yami, is in honor of the Yami people, who is the indigenous group to Orchid Island.[2]

Reproduction

L. yami is oviparous.[1] It gives birth to a specific number of two attached eggs each time during reproduction.[3]

References

  1. Lepidodactylus yami at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidodactylus yami, p. 292).
  3. "雅美鱗趾蝎虎, by Biodiversity Database of Taiwan". Biodiversity Database of National Parks of Taiwan. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

Further reading

  • Ota H (1987). "A New Species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan". Copeia 1987 (1): 164–169. (Lepidodactylus yami, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus yami, p. 91). (in German).



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