Lepidodactylus guppyi

Lepidodactylus guppyi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lepidodactylus
Species:	L. guppyi
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus guppyi Boulenger, 1884

Lepidodactylus guppyi, also known commonly as Guppy's gecko and the Solomons scaly-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Etymology

The specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British botanist Henry Brougham Guppy. ^[2]

Geographic range

L. guppyi is found in the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. guppyi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

L. guppyi is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Harlow, P. (2013). "Lepidodactylus guppyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T196578A2462207. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196578A2462207.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, p. 112).
3. Lepidodactylus guppyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1884). "Diagnoses of new Reptiles and Batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected and presented to the British Museum by H. B. Guppy, Esq., H.M.S. ‘Lark’ ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1884: 210–213. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, new species, p. 210).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I., Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, pp. 166–167).
• McCoy M (2006). Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. 212 pp. ISBN   978-9546422750.
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, p. 91). (in German).