Luperosaurus yasumai

Luperosaurus yasumai
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:	Luperosaurus
Species:	L. yasumai
Binomial name
Luperosaurus yasumai Ota, Sengoku & Hikida, 1996

Luperosaurus yasumai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesian Borneo. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, yasumai, is in honor of Shigeki Yasuma, a Japanese biologist who has contributed to research and conservation of wildlife in Borneo. ^{[2] [3]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. yasumai is forest. ^[1]

Description

L. yasumai shares a close resemblance to Luperosaurus joloensis and Luperosaurus palawanensis . It has a few distinctions from its relatives in that it has fewer scansors on its seventh toe and it has a more depressed tail. ^[2] Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length of about 4 cm (1.6 in). ^[4]

Reproduction

L. yasumai is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Iskandar, D.; McGuire, J. (2018). "Luperosaurus yasumai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T104718252A104718996. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104718252A104718996.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Luperosaurus yasumai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Luperosaurus yasumai, p. 292).
4. Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-061-1. (Luperosaurus yasumai, p. 104).

Further reading

• Ota H, Sengoku S, Hikida T (1996). "Two New Species of Luperosaurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Borneo". Copeia1996 (2): 433–439. (Luperosaurus yasumai, new species).