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Rotuman forest gecko

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Species of lizard

Rotuman forest gecko
Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species: L. gardineri
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus gardineri
Boulenger, 1897

The Rotuman forest gecko (Lepidodactylus gardineri), also known commonly as the Rotuma forest gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Rotuma Island, Fiji.

Etymology

The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. gardineri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 256 m (840 ft).

Behavior

L. gardineri is arboreal. It is found in dead tree branches, both beneath the bark and in termite galleries.

Reproduction

L. gardineri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Oliver, P.M.; Fisher, R. (2021). "Lepidodactylus gardineri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T196577A192973261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T196577A192973261.en. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ^ Lepidodactylus gardineri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 August 2021.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.(Lepidodactylus gardineri, p. 97).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1897). "On the Reptiles of Rotuma Island, Polynesia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 20: 306–307. (Lepidodactylus gardineri, new species, pp. 306–307).
  • Brown WC, Parker F (1977). "Lizards of the genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific, with description of new species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 41 (8): 253–265. (Lepidodactylus gardineri, pp. 256, 258).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus gardineri, p. 91). (in German).
  • Zug GR (1991). "The lizards of Fiji: Natural history and systematics". Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology 2: 1–136.


Taxon identifiers
Lepidodactylus gardineri


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