Matoatoa spannringi

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Matoatoa spannringi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Matoatoa
Species:
M. spannringi
Binomial name
Matoatoa spannringi
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Matoatoa spannringi is a species of gecko part of the lizard family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

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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]

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References

  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).
  3. 1 2 3 Matoatoa spannringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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