Lygodactylus roellae

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Lygodactylus roellae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lygodactylus
Species:
L. roellae
Binomial name
Lygodactylus roellae
Vences, Multzch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glad, & Scherz, 2022

Lygodactylus roellae is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar. [1]

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