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Leopold dtella
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
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
Brongersma, 1930
Synonyms
  • Gehyra leopoldi
    Brongersma, 1930
  • Peropus leopoldi
    — Chrapliwy et al., 1961
  • Gehyra leopoldi
    — Wermuth, 1965

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

Etymology

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

Geographic range

G. leopoldi is found in Indonesia and New Guinea.

Reproduction

G. leopoldi is oviparous.

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).


Taxon identifiers
Gehyra leopoldi


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