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Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko

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Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hemidactylus
Species:
H. stejnegeri
Binomial name
Hemidactylus stejnegeri
Ota & Hikida, 1989

Stejneger's leaf-toed gecko[2] (Hemidactylus stejnegeri) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

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The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honour of Norwegian-American herpetologist Leonhard Stejneger.[3][4]

Geographic range

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H. stejnegeri is found in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.[3]

Habitat

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The preferred habitat of H. stejnegeri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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H. stejnegeri is an oviparous, triploid, parthenogenetic species.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Diesmos, A.C.; Rico, E.L.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Shang, G. (2019). "Hemidactylus stejnegeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T195299A2377357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T195299A2377357.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wrobel, Murray (2004). Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles. London: Elsevier. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-08-045920-2.
  3. ^ a b c Hemidactylus stejnegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 253).

Further reading

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  • Ota H, Hikida T (1989). "A New Triploid Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae: Sauria) from Taiwan, with Comments on Morphological and Karyological Variation in the H. garnotii-vietnamensis Complex". Journal of Herpetology 23 (1): 50–60. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, new species).
  • Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Hemidactylus stejnegeri, p. 87). (in German).