Gekko shibatai

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Gekko shibatai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. shibatai
Binomial name
Gekko shibatai
Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota, 2008
Synonyms [2]
  • Gekko shibatai
    Toda, Sengoku, Hikida & Ota, 2008
  • Gekko (Japonigekko) shibatai
    Wood et al., 2019

Gekko shibatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, shibatai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Yasuhiko Shibata. [3]

Geographic range

G. shibatai is found in the Tokara Group of the Ryukyu Islands. The type locality is Takarajima Island. [2]

Habitat

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

Description

G. shibatai lacks distinct preanal pores even in the adult male. [4]

Reproduction

G. shibatai is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Gekko shibatai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T96251742A96251746. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251742A96251746.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Gekko shibatai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gekko shibatai, p. 242).
  4. Toda et al. (2008).

Further reading