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Bicol false gecko

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Bicol false gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Pseudogekko
Species:
P. sumiklab
Binomial name
Pseudogekko sumiklab
Siler, Davis, Watters, Freitas, Griffith, Binaday, Lobos Amarga, & Brown, 2017

The Bicol false gecko (Pseudogekko sumiklab) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Philippines.[1]

In fact, P. sumiklab is relatively new and found to be the only known member of the Pseudogekko brevipes species.[2]

Habitat

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The Bicol false gecko was discovered at the bank of a stream, in a tree, at low elevation in a part of a secondary growth forest on Luzon Island.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Pseudogekko sumiklab at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ^ Siler, Cameron D.; Davis, Drew R.; Watters, Jessa L.; Freitas, Elyse S.; Griffith, Oliver W.; Binaday, Jake Wilson B.; Lobos, Athena Heart T.; Amarga, Ace Kevin S.; Brown, Rafe M. (June 2017). "First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species". Herpetologica. 73 (2): 162–175. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 53061512.
  3. ^ Siler, Cameron D.; Davis, Drew R.; Watters, Jessa L.; Freitas, Elyse S.; Griffith, Oliver W.; Binaday, Jake Wilson B.; Lobos, Athena Heart T.; Amarga, Ace Kevin S.; Brown, Rafe M. (June 2017). "First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species". Herpetologica. 73 (2): 162–175. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 53061512.