Biology:Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko

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Short description: Species of lizard

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. iskandari
Binomial name
Gekko iskandari
(R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000)
Luperosaurus iskandari distribution.png
Synonyms[1]
  • Luperosaurus iskandari
    R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000
  • Gekko iskandari
    — R. Brown et al., 2012
  • Gekko (Sundagekko) iskandari
    — Wood et al., 2019

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko (Gekko iskandari), also known commonly as Iskandar's wolf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi.[2][1]

Etymology

The specific name, iskandari, is in honour of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.[1][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. iskandari is forest.[2]

Reproduction

G. iskandari is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gekko iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 18 November 2021
  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. (Luperosaurus iskandari, p. 131).

Further reading

  • Brown, Rafe M.; Supriatna, Jatna; Ota, Hidetoshi (2000). "Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus ". Copeia 2000 (1): 191–209. (Luperosaurus iskandari, new species).


Wikidata ☰ Q5080833 entry