Biology:Blaesodactylus boivini
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Blaesodactylus |
| Species: | B. boivini
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| Blaesodactylus boivini (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856)
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Blaesodactylus boivini is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar .
Etymology
The specific name, boivini, is in honor of French botanist Louis Hyacinthe Boivin.[2][3]
Geographic range
B. boivini is found in northern Madagascar .[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of B. boivini is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 563 m (1,847 ft).[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Raxworthy, C.J.; Bora, P.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rafanomezantsoa, J.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A. (2011). "Blaesodactylus boivini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172972A6950776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172972A6950776.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172972/6950776. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Blaesodactylus boivini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2021.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Blaesodactylus boivini, p. 31).
Further reading
- Duméril, Auguste [Henri André] (1856). "Description des Reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la Collection du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle et Remarques sur la Classification et les Caractères des Reptiles. Deuxième Mémoire ... (Geckotiens, Varaniens et Iguaniens) ". Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 8: 437–588. (Platydactylus boivini, new species, pp. 454–455 + Plate XVIII, figures 2, 2a, 2b). (in French).
- Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN:978-3929449-01-3.
- Kluge AG, Nussbaum RA (1995). "A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (183): 1-20.
- Mocquard F (1895). "Sur les reptiles recueillis a Madagascar de 1867 a 1885 par M[onsieur]. Grandidier ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7: 93–111. (Blæsodactylus boivini, new combination, p. 94). (in French).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Blaesodactylus boivini, p. 61). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q2905664 entry
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