Matoatoa brevipes

Matoatoa brevipes
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Matoatoa
Species:	M. brevipes
Binomial name
	Matoatoa brevipes; (Mocquard, 1900)
Synonyms
	Phyllodactylus brevipes ; Mocquard, 1900; Phyllodactylus porphyreus brevipes ; — Kluge, 1993; Matoatoa brevipes ; — Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998;

Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Geographic range

M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar.^[1]

M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.^[1]

M. brevipes is a nocturnal species.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Raxworthy CJ [in French], Ratsoavina F, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Bora P (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172954A6947727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
^ "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).

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