Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko

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Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko
Hemidactylus stejnegeri at Zhuolan, Taiwan 2022-07-19.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Hemidactylus stejnegeri
Ota & Hikida, 1989

Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko [2] (Hemidactylus stejnegeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honour of Norwegian-American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger. [3] [4]

Geographic range

H. stejnegeri is found in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. [3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of H. stejnegeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft). [1]

Reproduction

H. stejnegeri is an oviparous, triploid, parthenogenetic species. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Diesmos, A.C.; Rico, E.L.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Shang, G. (2019). "Hemidactylus stejnegeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T195299A2377357. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T195299A2377357.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles. London: Elsevier. p. 235. ISBN   978-0-08-045920-2.
  3. 1 2 3 Hemidactylus stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 253).

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