Biology:Weiler's gecko
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Urocotyledon |
| Species: | U. weileri
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| Binomial name | |
| Urocotyledon weileri (L. Müller, 1909)
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Weiler's gecko (Urocotyledon weileri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Cameroon.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, weileri, is in honor of Justus Weiler who collected the holotype in Cameroon.[3][4]
Habitat
The natural habitat of U. weileri is forest.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chirio, L. (2021). "Urocotyledon weileri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T178610A126472622. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178610A126472622.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178610/126472622. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Urocotyledon weileri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2019.
- ↑ 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. (Urocotyledon weileri, p. 281).
- ↑ Lindholm WA (1905). "Beschreibung einer neuen Schlangenart (Dipsadophidium weileri nov. gen. et nov. sp.)". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 58: 183-187. (in German).
Further reading
- Chirio, Laurent; LeBreton, Matthew (2007). Atlas des reptiles du Cameroun. Paris: Muséum nationale d'histoire naturelle. 688 pp. ISBN:978-2856536032. (in French).
- Kluge AG (1983). "Cladistic Relationships among Gekkonid Lizards". Copeia 1983 (2): 465–475. (Urocotyledon weileri, new combination).
- Müller L (1909). "Vorläufige Mitteilung über ein neues Chamäleon und ein neuen Gecko aus Kamerun ". Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 62: 111–115. (Diplodactylus weileri, new species, pp. 113–115). (in German).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Urocotyledon weileri, p. 119). (in German).
Wikidata ☰ Q3019809 entry
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