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Geckolepis maculata | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Geckolepis |
Species: | G. maculata |
Binomial name | |
Geckolepis maculata Peters, 1880[2] | |
Geckolepis maculata is a species of gecko that is commonly found in Madagascar. The gecko has large scales, large legs, and is chestnut-cream with black bands.[citation needed] Its common names are Peters's spotted gecko and fish-scale gecko.
References
^ Raxworthy, C.J., Rabibisoa, N., Rakotondrazafy, N.A., Hawlitschek, O., Bora, P. & Ratsoavina, F. 2011. Geckolepis maculata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T178319A7522058. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T178319A7522058.en. Downloaded on 15 May 2018.
^ Peters, W. 1880. Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt auf Nossi-Bé und Madagascar gasammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 508-511.
External links
Geckolepis maculata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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