| Canh's gecko | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gekko |
| Species: | G. canhi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gekko canhi Rösler, T.Q. Nguyen, K.V. Doan, Ho, T.T. Nguyen & Ziegler, 2010 | |
| Synonyms | |
Canh's gecko (Gekko canhi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology
The specific name, canhi, is in honor of Vietnamese ecologist Le Xuan Canh.
Geographic range
G. canhi is found in Lang Son Province and Lao Cai Province, in northern Vietnam.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. canhi is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,500 m (660–4,920 ft).
Description
Medium-sized for its genus, the snout-to-vent length of an adult G. canhi does not exceed 10 cm (3.9 in).
Reproduction
G. canhi is oviparous.
References
- ^ Milto, K.; Golynsky, E.; Nguyen, T.Q. (2018). "Gekko canhi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104717120A104718916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104717120A104718916.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Gekko canhi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 May 2018.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins M; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Maryland. Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gekko canhi, p. 46).
Further reading
- Rösler H, Nguyen TQ, Doan KV, Ho CT, Nguyen TT, Ziegler T (2010). "A new species of the genus Gekko Laurenti (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with remarks on G. japonicus (Schlegel)". Zootaxa 2329: 56–68. (Gekko canhi, new species).
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