Biology:Luperosaurus macgregori
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Luperosaurus |
| Species: | L. macgregori
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| Binomial name | |
| Luperosaurus macgregori Stejneger, 1907
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Luperosaurus macgregori, known commonly as MacGregor's wolf gecko or McGregor's flapped-legged gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines .
Etymology
The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of Richard C. MacGregor of the Science Bureau in Manila, who collected the holotype.[2][3]
Geographic range
L. macgregori is found in the Calayan Islands in the Philippines.[4]
Reproduction
L. macgregori is oviparous.[4]
References
- ↑ Siler, C. & Brown, R. (2021). "Luperosaurus macgregori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T169908A183007292. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/169908/183007292. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Stejneger (1908).
- ↑ Taylor EH (1922). Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. 269 PP. + Plates 1-22. (Luperosaurus macgregori, pp. 87-88).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Luperosaurus macgregori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Das, Indraneil; Min, Yong (2012). "Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia's rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko ". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 915–921.
- Stejneger L (1907). "A New Geckoid Lizard from the Philippine Islands". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33: 545–546. (Luperosaurus macgregori, new species).
Wikidata ☰ Q5072229 entry
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