Lepidodactylus_mutahi

Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko

Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko

Species of lizard

Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus mutahi ) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Bougainville Island.[2]

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Etymology

The specific name, mutahi, refers to the Mutahi area in northeastern Bougainville Island.[2][3]

Description

Adults of L. mutahi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.7–5.6 centimetres (1.5–2.2 in).[2]

Reproduction

L. mutahi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Allison, A.; Harlow, P. (2013). "Lepidodactylus mutahi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T178599A1539351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T178599A1539351.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Lepidodactylus mutahi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. [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. (Lepidodactylus mutahi, p. 185).

Further reading

  • Brown, Walter C.; Parker, Fred (1977). "Lizards of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Islands of the Pacific, with Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 41 (8): 253–265. (Lepidodactylus mutahi, new species, pp. 259–260).


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