Vankampen's gecko

Vankampen's gecko
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Nactus
Species:	N. vankampeni
Binomial name
	Nactus vankampeni; (Brongersma, 1933)
Synonyms
	Gymnodactylus vankampeni ; Brongersma, 1933; Phyllurus vankampeni; — Underwood, 1954; Gymnodactylus (Underwoodisaurus) vankampeni ; — Wermuth, 1965; Cyrtodactylus vankampeni ; — W.C. Brown & F.S. Parker, 1973; Nactus vankampeni ; — Kluge, 1983;

Vankampen's gecko (Nactus vankampeni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea.

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, vankampeni, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen.^[3]

On the island of New Guinea, N. vankampeni is found in Indonesia and northeastern Papua New Guinea.^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of N. vankampeni is forest.^[1]

N. vankampeni is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P. (2015). "Nactus vankampeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T13484111A13484119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T13484111A13484119.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nactus vankampeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
^ 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. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 272).

Brongersma L (1933). "A new Gecko of the Genus Gymnodactylus from New Guinea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 11: 252–253. (Gymnodactylus vankampeni, new species).
Jackman TR, Bauer AM, Greenbaum E (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of Geckos of the genus Nactus and their relatives (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Acta Herpetologica 3 (1): 1–18.
Rösler H, Glaw F, Günther R (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota 5: 33–64. (Nactus vankampeni, p. 48). (in German, with an abstract in English).

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