Luperosaurus macgregori

Luperosaurus macgregori
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Luperosaurus
Species:	L. macgregori
Binomial name
Luperosaurus macgregori Stejneger, 1907

Luperosaurus macgregori, known commonly as MacGregor's wolf gecko or McGregor's flapped-legged gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Etymology

The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of Richard C. MacGregor of the Science Bureau in Manila, who collected the holotype. ^{[2] [3]}

Geographic range

L. macgregori is found in the Calayan Islands in the Philippines. ^[4]

Reproduction

L. macgregori is oviparous. ^[4]

References

1. Siler, C.; Brown, R. (2021). "Luperosaurus macgregori ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T169908A183007292. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Stejneger (1908).
3. Taylor EH (1922). Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. 269 PP. + Plates 1-22. (Luperosaurus macgregori, pp. 87-88).
4. Luperosaurus macgregori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Das, Indraneil; Min, Yong (2012). "Testing the phylogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia's rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko ". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution63: 915–921.
• Stejneger L (1907). "A New Geckoid Lizard from the Philippine Islands". Proceedings of the United States National Museum33: 545–546. (Luperosaurus macgregori, new species).