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Matoatoa brevipes
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Matoatoa
Species:	M. brevipes
Binomial name
Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)
Synonyms
Phyllodactylus brevipes Mocquard, 1900 Phyllodactylus porphyreus brevipes — Kluge, 1993 Matoatoa brevipes — Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Geographic range

M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar.

Habitat

M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.

Behavior

M. brevipes is a nocturnal species.

References

1. ^ Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P. (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172954A6947727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
2. "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
• Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).

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