Matoatoa

Matoatoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Uroplatinae
Genus:	Matoatoa Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Matoatoa is a small genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar. ^[1]

Species

There are two recognized species: ^[1]

• Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)
• Matoatoa spannringi Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Matoatoa.

References

1. Matoatoa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 14 March 2014.

Further reading

• Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR, Bauer AM (2014). "Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera". Systematics and Biodiversity12 (1): 23–42.
• Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (186): 1-26. (Matoatoa, new genus, p. 2; M. spannringi, new species, p. 12).