Lepidoblepharis peraccae

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Lepidoblepharis peraccae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Lepidoblepharis
Species:
L. peraccae
Binomial name
Lepidoblepharis peraccae
Boulenger, 1908

Lepidoblepharis peraccae is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to western Colombia.

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Etymology

The specific name, peraccae, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Mario Giacinto Peracca. [2]

Geographic range

L. peraccae is found in Chocó Department and Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. [3]

Description

The holotype of L. peraccae has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 23 mm (0.91 in) and a tail 17 mm (0.67 in) long. [4]

Reproduction

L. peraccae is oviparous. [3]

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References

  1. Bolívar W, Castañeda MR, Velasco J (2015). "Lepidoblepharis peraccae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579427A115388578. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579427A44579430.en. Downloaded on 19 February 2019.
  2. 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. (Lepidoblepharis peraccae, p. 202).
  3. 1 2 Lepidoblepharis peraccae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 4 October 2015.
  4. Boulenger (1908).

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