Lepidodactylus_oorti

<i>Lepidodactylus oorti</i>

Lepidodactylus oorti

Species of lizard

Lepidodactylus oorti is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

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Etymology

The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.[3]

Geographic range

L. oorti is found on the Banda, Damar, and Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia.[2]

Reproduction

L. oorti is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Ineich, I. (2010). "Lepidodactylus oortii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178712A7601126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178712A7601126.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Lepidodactylus oorti 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 oortii, p. 195).

Further reading

  • Kopstein, "Ph. F." (1926). "Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln ". Zoologische Mededeelingen 1: 71–112. (Gecko oorti, new species, pp. 77–78). (in German).
  • Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus oortii, p. 91). (in German).


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