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Lanyu scaly-toed gecko

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Species of lizard

Lanyu scaly-toed gecko
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species: L. yami
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus yami
Ota [de], 1987

The Lanyu scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus yami) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Orchid Island (Chinese: 蘭嶼; pinyin: Lán Yǔ), Taiwan.

Etymology

The specific name, yami, is in honor of the Yami people, who is the indigenous group to Orchid Island.

Reproduction

L. yami is oviparous. It gives birth to a specific number of two attached eggs each time during reproduction.

References

  1. ^ Shang, G.; Zhou, W. (2021). "Lepidodactylus yami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T42483043A42483047. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T42483043A42483047.en. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ Lepidodactylus yami at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 March 2024.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidodactylus yami, p. 292).
  4. "雅美鱗趾蝎虎, by Biodiversity Database of Taiwan". Biodiversity Database of National Parks of Taiwan. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

Further reading

  • Ota H (1987). "A New Species of Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from Lanyu Island, Taiwan". Copeia 1987 (1): 164–169. (Lepidodactylus yami, new species). JSTOR 1446048
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus yami, p. 91). (in German).
Taxon identifiers
Lepidodactylus yami


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