Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Infraorder: | Gekkota |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Gekko |
Species: | G. iskandari |
Binomial name | |
Gekko iskandari (R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000) | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
Etymology
The specific name, iskandari, is in honour of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of G. iskandari is forest.
Behavior
G. iskandar is arboreal, living high in the forest canopy.
Reproduction
G. iskandari is oviparous.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gekko iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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).
Taxon identifiers | |
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Luperosaurus iskandari |
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