Reeves's Tokay gecko

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Reeves's Tokay gecko
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. reevesii
Binomial name
Gekko reevesii
(Gray, 1831)
Synonyms [2]
  • Gecko [sic] reevesiiGray 1831
  • Gekko gecko Mertens, 1955
  • Gekko reevesii {{small Rösler et al., 2011}}
  • Gekko (Gekko) reevesii Wood et al., 2019

Reeves's tokay gecko (Gekko reevesii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, reevesii, is in honor of English naturalist John Reeves. [3]

Geographic range

G. reevesii is indigenous to China and northwestern Vietnam. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Nguyen, T.Q.; Cai, B.; Yang, J. (2021). "Gekko reevesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T104717831A104718941. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T104717831A104718941.en . Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  2. 1 2 Gekko reevesii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ↑ 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. ("Reeves", p. 218).

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