Blaesodactylus sakalava

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Blaesodactylus sakalava
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Blaesodactylus
Species:
B. sakalava
Binomial name
Blaesodactylus sakalava
(Grandidier, 1867)
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Synonyms
  • Hemidactylus sakalava
  • Homopholis heterolepis
  • Homopholis sakalava

Blaesodactylus sakalava, the Sakalava velvet gecko is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Raxworthy, C.J. (2011). "Blaesodactylus sakalava". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T172755A6911867. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172755A6911867.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN   978-3929449037.
  3. "Blaesodactylus sakalava". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.