Matoatoa spannringi

Matoatoa spannringi
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Matoatoa
Species:	M. spannringi
Binomial name
	Matoatoa spannringi; Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Last updated October 04, 2025

Matoatoa spannringi is a species of gecko part of the lizard family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, spannringi, honors botanist Jürgen Spannring, who collected the holotype.^[2]

Geographic range

M. spannringi is found in southeastern Madagascar.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. spannringi is the forest, at an altitude of 600 m (2,000 ft).^[1]

Description

M. spannringi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.8 cm (2.3 in).^[3]

Reproduction

M. spannringi is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P.; Jenkins, R.J. (2013). "Matoatoa spannringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T172848A47951550. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T172848A47951550.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 249).
1 2 3 Matoatoa spannringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Funnell S, Shrum M, Ellis E, Andreone F (2012). "A new record of the phantom gecko Matoatoa spannringi from Sainte Luce, SE Madagascar augments the species' known range". Herpetology Notes5: 151–153.
Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449037.
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 spannringi, new species, p. 12).
Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota2: 28–153. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 95). (in German).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Raxworthy, C.J.; Ratsoavina, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A.; Bora, P.; Jenkins, R.J. (2013). "Matoatoa spannringi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T172848A47951550. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T172848A47951550.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Matoatoa spannringi, p. 249).

[RDB-3] 1 2 3 Matoatoa spannringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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