| Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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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 (Hemidactylus stejnegeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honour of Norwegian-American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.
Geographic range
H. stejnegeri is found in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Habitat
The preferred habitat of H. stejnegeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
Reproduction
H. stejnegeri is an oviparous, triploid, parthenogenetic species.
References
- ^ 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.
- Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles. London: Elsevier. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-08-045920-2.
- ^ Hemidactylus stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- 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).
Further reading
- Ota H, Hikida T (1989). "A New Triploid Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae: Sauria) from Taiwan, with Comments on Morphological and Karyological Variation in the H. garnotii-vietnamensis Complex". Journal of Herpetology 23 (1): 50–60. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, new species).
- Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 87). (in German).
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