Vankampen's gecko

Vankampen's gecko (Nactus vankampeni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea.

Vankampen's gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Nactus
Species:
N. vankampeni
Binomial name
Nactus vankampeni
(Brongersma, 1933)
Synonyms[2]
  • Gymnodactylus vankampeni
    Brongersma, 1933
  • Phyllurus vankampeni
    — Underwood, 1954
  • Gymnodactylus (Underwoodisaurus) vankampeni
    — Wermuth, 1965
  • Cyrtodactylus vankampeni
    — W.C. Brown & F.S. Parker, 1973
  • Nactus vankampeni
    — Kluge, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, vankampeni, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen.[3]

Geographic range

On the island of New Guinea, N. vankampeni is found in Indonesia and northeastern Papua New Guinea.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of N. vankampeni is forest.[1]

Reproduction

N. vankampeni is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P. (2015). "Nactus vankampeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13484111A13484119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13484111A13484119.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Nactus vankampeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 272).

Further reading
  • Brongersma L (1933). "A new Gecko of the Genus Gymnodactylus from New Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 11: 252–253. (Gymnodactylus vankampeni, new species).
  • Jackman TR, Bauer AM, Greenbaum E (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of Geckos of the genus Nactus and their relatives (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Acta Herpetologica 3 (1): 1–18.
  • Rösler H, Glaw F, Günther R (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. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 48). (in German, with an abstract in English).



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.