Biology:Brown's scaly-toed gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Brown's scaly-toed gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lepidodactylus |
| Species: | L. browni
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidodactylus browni Pernetta & Black, 1983
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Brown's scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus browni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, browni, is in honor of American herpetologist Walter Creighton Brown.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. browni is mangrove forest, at altitudes from sea level to 20 m (66 ft).[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lepidodactylus browni 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. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 41).
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Further reading
- Pernetta JC, Black D (1983). "Species of Gecko (Lepidodactylus) in the Port Moresby Area, with the Description of a New Species". Journal of Herpetology 17 (2): 121–128. (Lepidodactylus browni, new species).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 91). (in German).
- Rösler H, Glaw F, Günther R (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota 5: 33–64. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 46). (in German, with an abstract in English).
Wikidata ☰ Q3229881 entry
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