Lepidodactylus oorti

Lepidodactylus oorti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lepidodactylus
Species:	L. oorti
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus oorti (Kopstein, 1926)
Synonyms [2]
Gekko oorti Kopstein, 1926 Lepidodactylus oorti — Kluge, 1993 Lepidodactylus oortii — Rösler, 2000

Lepidodactylus oorti is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort. ^[3]

Geographic range

L. oorti is found on the Banda, Damar, and Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia. ^[2]

Reproduction

L. oorti is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Ineich, I. (2010). "Lepidodactylus oortii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T178712A7601126. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178712A7601126.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Lepidodactylus oorti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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 oortii, p. 195).

Further reading

• Kopstein, "Ph. F." (1926). "Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln ". Zoologische Mededeelingen1: 71–112. (Gecko oorti, new species, pp. 77–78). (in German).
• Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus oortii, p. 91). (in German).