Matoatoa brevipes

Matoatoa brevipes
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Matoatoa
Species:	M. brevipes
Binomial name
Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)
Synonyms [2]
Phyllodactylus brevipes Mocquard, 1900 Phyllodactylus porphyreus brevipes — Kluge, 1993 Matoatoa brevipes — Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Geographic range

M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar. ^[1]

Habitat

M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest. ^[1]

Behavior

M. brevipes is a nocturnal species. ^[1]

References

1. Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P. (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T172954A6947727. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en . Retrieved November 20, 2021.
2. "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
• Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).