Brown's scaly-toed gecko

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Brown's scaly-toed gecko
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species:
L. browni
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus browni
Pernetta & Black, 1983

Brown's scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus browni) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Papua New Guinea.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, browni, is in honor of American herpetologist Walter Creighton Brown.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. browni is mangrove forest, at altitudes from sea level to 20 m (66 ft).[1]

Reproduction

L. browni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Tallowin, O. (2021). "Lepidodactylus browni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T42482931A42482936. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T42482931A42482936.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Lepidodactylus browni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ 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. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 41).

Further reading

  • Pernetta JC, Black D (1983). "Species of Gecko (Lepidodactylus) in the Port Moresby Area, with the Description of a New Species". Journal of Herpetology 17 (2): 121–128. (Lepidodactylus browni, new species).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 91). (in German).
  • 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. (Lepidodactylus browni, p. 46). (in German, with an abstract in English).Error: "Q3229881" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.