Biology:Gehyra fehlmanni

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Gehyra fehlmanni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gehyra
Species:
G. fehlmanni
Binomial name
Gehyra fehlmanni
(Taylor, 1962)
Synonyms[2]
  • Peropus fehlmanni
    Taylor, 1962
  • Gehyra fehlmanni
    Kluge, 1993

Gehyra fehlmanni, also known commonly as Fehlmann's dtella or Fehlmann's four-clawed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, fehlmanni, is in honor of American ichthyologist Hermann Adair Fehlmann.[2][3]

Geographic range

G. fehlmanni is found in Thailand and Vietnam.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of G. fehlmanni are forest and rocky areas.[1]

Description

Not a large gecko, G. fehlmanni may attain a snout-to-vent length of 4 cm (1.6 in), and a total length (including tail) of about 7 cm (2.8 in).[4]

Behavior

G. fehlmanni is terrestrial and nocturnal.[1]

Reproduction

G. fehlmanni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sumontha M, Neang T, Stuart B (2018). "Gehyra fehlmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T102794603A102794613.en. Downloaded on 12 December 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gehyra fehlmanni 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. (Gehyra fehlmanni, p. 88).
  4. Taylor EH (1962).

Further reading

  • Bobrov VV, Semenov DV (2008). [Lizards of Vietnam ]. Moscow: [KMK Scientific Press]. 236 pp. (in Russian).
  • Chan-ard T, Parr JWK, Nabhitabhata J (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN:978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN:978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
  • Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien und Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN:978-3931587123. (Gehyra fehlmanni, p. 229). (in German).
  • Taylor EH (1962). "New Oriental Reptiles". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 43: 209–263. (Peropus fehlmanni, new species, pp. 221–224, Figure 5).


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