Biology:Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko

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Short description: Species of lizard

Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus stejnegeri at Zhuolan, Taiwan 2022-07-19.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Hemidactylus stejnegeri
Ota & Hikida, 1989

Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko[1] (Hemidactylus stejnegeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honour of Norwegian-American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.[2][3]

Geographic range

H. stejnegeri is found in the Philippines , Taiwan, and Vietnam.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of H. stejnegeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[4]

Reproduction

H. stejnegeri is an oviparous, triploid, parthenogenetic species.[2]

References

  1. Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles. London: Elsevier. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-08-045920-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=flNRoNKHq80C&pg=PA235. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hemidactylus stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  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. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 253).
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Further reading

  • Ota H, Hikida T (1989). "A New Triploid Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae: Sauria) from Taiwan, with Comments on Morphological and Karyological Variation in the H. garnotii-vietnamensis Complex". Journal of Herpetology 23 (1): 50–60. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, new species).
  • Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN:978-3899734621.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 87). (in German).


Wikidata ☰ Q3016790 entry