Brooks's wolf gecko

Brooks's wolf gecko
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Luperosaurus
Species:	L. brooksii
Binomial name
	Luperosaurus brooksii; (Boulenger, 1920)
Synonyms
	Gecko brooksii; Boulenger, 1920; Gekko (Lomatodactylus) brooksii; — Wood et al., 2020;

Last updated July 06, 2025

Brooks's wolf gecko (Luperosaurus brooksii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, brooksii, is in honor of British metallurgical chemist Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and Sumatra.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. brooksii is forest.^[1]

Behavior

L. brooksii is arboreal, living in the forest canopy.^[1]

Reproduction

L. brooksii is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Iskandar D, Riyanto A, Kamsi M, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Luperosaurus brooksii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T101950492A101950503.en. Accessed on 10 April 2022.
1 2 3 Gekko brooksii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Luperosaurus brooksi [sic]", p. 40).

Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series5: 281–283. (Gecko brooksii, new species, pp. 281–282).
Russell AP (1979). "A New Species of Luperosaurus (Gekkonidae) with Comments on the Genus". Herpetologica35 (3): 282–288. (Luperosaurus brooksii, new combination).
Wood, Perry L. Jr.; Guo, Xianguang; Travers, Scott L.; Su, Yong-Chao; Olson, Karen V.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Grismer, L. Lee; Siler, Cameron D.; Moyle, Robert G.; Andersen, Michael J.; Brown, Rafe M. (2020). "Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution146: 106731. (corrigendum: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution164: 107255.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Iskandar D, Riyanto A, Kamsi M, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Luperosaurus brooksii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T101950492A101950503.en. Accessed on 10 April 2022.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Gekko brooksii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Luperosaurus brooksi [sic]", p. 40).

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