Rotuman forest gecko

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[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.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, gardineri, is in honor of British zoologist John Stanley Gardiner.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. gardineri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 256 m (840 ft).[1]

Behavior

L. gardineri is arboreal. It is found in dead tree branches, both beneath the bark and in termite galleries.[1]

Reproduction

L. gardineri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Oliver, P. M.; Fisher, R. (2021). "Lepidodactylus gardineri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T196577A192973261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T196577A192973261.en. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. 1 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.



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