Biology:Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Lepidoblepharis
Species:
L. hoogmoedi
Binomial name
Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
Ávila-Pires, 1995

Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, also known commonly as Hoogmoed's scaly-eyed gecko and the spotted dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, hoogmoedi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Marinus Steven Hoogmoed (born 1942).[1]

Geographic range

L. hoogmoedi is found in northwestern Brazil (Amazonas) and northern Peru.[2]

Reproduction

L. hoogmoedi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 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. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, p. 125).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Ávila-Pires MCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, new species, pp. 294–298, Figures 95–97, 271). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish).

Wikidata ☰ Q3229862 entry