Biology:Matoatoa brevipes

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Short description: Species of lizard

Matoatoa brevipes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Matoatoa
Species:
M. brevipes
Binomial name
Matoatoa brevipes
(Mocquard, 1900)
Matoatoa brevipes distribution.png
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus brevipes
    Mocquard, 1900
  • Phyllodactylus porphyreus brevipes
    Kluge, 1993
  • Matoatoa brevipes
    — Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar .

Geographic range

M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar .[1]

Habitat

M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.[1]

Behavior

M. brevipes is a nocturnal species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P. (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172954A6947727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172954/6947727. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
  • Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).

Wikidata ☰ Q5083235 entry