Biology:Siamese green-eyed gecko

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Short description: Species of lizard

Siamese green-eyed gecko
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. siamensis
Binomial name
Gekko siamensis
W. Grossmann & Ulber, 1990
Synonyms[3]
  • Gekko siamensis
    W. Grossmann & Ulber, 1990
  • Gekko taylori
    Ota & Nabhitabhata, 1991[2]
  • Gekko siamensis
    — Rösler, 1995
  • Gekko (Gekko) siamensis
    — Wood et al., 2019

The Siamese green-eyed gecko (Gekko siamensis) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.[3]

Etymology

The specific name siamensis refers to the type locality. The specific name of the now-synonymized Gekko taylori honors Edward Harrison Taylor, an American herpetologist.[3][4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. siamensis is forest.[1]

Reproduction

G. siamensis is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sumontha, M.; Cota, M. (2018). "Gekko siamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T104718035A104718961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104718035A104718961.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/104718035/104718961. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ Ota, Hidetoshi; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (1991). "A new species of Gekko (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from Thailand". Copeia 1991 (2): 503–509. doi:10.2307/1446598. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289755908.  (Gekko taylori, new species).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gekko siamensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 June 2018.
  4. ↑ 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. (Gekko taylori, p. 261).

Further reading

  • Grossmann, Wolfgang; Ulber, Thomas (1990). "Ein neuer Gecko aus Zentral-Thailand: Gekko siamensis sp. nov. (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Sauria 12 (3): 9–18. (Gekko siamensis, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English).
  • Rösler H (1995). Geckos der Welt – Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (Gekko siamensis, p. 121). (in German).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gekko siamensis, p. 82). (in German).

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