Biology:Perochirus guentheri
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Perochirus guentheri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Perochirus |
| Species: | P. guentheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Perochirus guentheri Boulenger, 1885
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Perochirus guentheri, also known commonly as Gunther's tropical gecko and the Vanuatu saw-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British zoologist Albert Günther.[2]
Description
P. guentheri may attain a snout-to-vent length of about 7 cm (2.8 in).[1]
Habitat
P. guentheri is known from only four specimens, collected over a span of more than 100 years. The most recent was collected inside a tent in a lumber camp; so the preferred natural habitat of this species is probably forest. The other three specimens have no associated habitat data.[3][1]
Behavior
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Perochirus guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 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. (Perochirus guentheri, p. 110).
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Perochirus guentheri, new species, p. 155 + Plate XII, figures 4, 4a).
- Brown WC (1976). "Review of the Genus Perochirus (Gekkonidae)". Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences (126): 1–14. (Perochirus guentheri, pp. 7–8).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Perochirus guentheri, p. 101).
Wikidata ☰ Q3375529 entry
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