| Matoatoa spannringi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Matoatoa |
| Species: | M. spannringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Matoatoa spannringi Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998 | |
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Matoatoa spannringi is a species of gecko part of the lizard family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology
The specific name, spannringi, honors botanist Jürgen Spannring, who collected the holotype.
Geographic range
M. spannringi is found in southeastern Madagascar.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of M. spannringi is the forest, at an altitude of 600 m (2,000 ft).
Description
M. spannringi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).
Reproduction
M. spannringi is oviparous.
References
- ^ Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P.; Jenkins, R.J. (2013). "Matoatoa spannringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172848A47951550. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T172848A47951550.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 249).
- ^ Matoatoa spannringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Funnell S, Shrum M, Ellis E, Andreone F (2012). "A new record of the phantom gecko Matoatoa spannringi from Sainte Luce, SE Madagascar augments the species' known range". Herpetology Notes 5: 151–153.
- Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
- Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa spannringi, new species, p. 12).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 95). (in German).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Matoatoa spannringi | |