Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko (Gekko iskandari), also known commonly as Iskandar's wolf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi.[1][2]

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. iskandari
Binomial name
Gekko iskandari
Synonyms[2]
  • Luperosaurus iskandari
    R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000
  • Gekko iskandari
    — R. Brown et al., 2012
  • Gekko (Sundagekko) iskandari
    — Wood et al., 2019

Etymology

The specific name, iskandari, is in honour of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.[2][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. iskandari is forest.[1]

Reproduction

G. iskandari is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Brown, R.; Ineich, I. (2010). "Gekko iskandari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178412A7541661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178412A7541661.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Gekko iskandari 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. (Luperosaurus iskandari, p. 131).

Further reading
  • Brown, Rafe M.; Supriatna, Jatna; Ota, Hidetoshi (2000). "Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus ". Copeia 2000 (1): 191–209. (Luperosaurus iskandari, new species).



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