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(Redirected from Lepidodactylus mutahi) Species of lizard

Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko
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: Lepidodactylus
Species: L. mutahi
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus mutahi
W. Brown & F. Parker, 1977

Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus mutahi ) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Bougainville Island.

Etymology

The specific name, mutahi, refers to the Mutahi area in northeastern Bougainville Island.

Description

Adults of L. mutahi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.7–5.6 centimetres (1.5–2.2 in).

Reproduction

L. mutahi is oviparous.

References

  1. Allison, A.; Harlow, P. (2013). "Lepidodactylus mutahi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T178599A1539351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178599A1539351.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lepidodactylus mutahi 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. (Lepidodactylus mutahi, p. 185).

Further reading

  • Brown, Walter C.; Parker, Fred (1977). "Lizards of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Islands of the Pacific, with Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 41 (8): 253–265. (Lepidodactylus mutahi, new species, pp. 259–260).
Taxon identifiers
Lepidodactylus mutahi


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