Lepidoblepharis miyatai
| Lepidoblepharis miyatai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Lepidoblepharis |
| Species: | L. miyatai
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidoblepharis miyatai Lamar, 1985
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Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.
Etymology
The specific name, miyatai, is in honor of American herpetologist Kenneth Ichiro Miyata (1951–1983).[2]
Geographic range
L. miyatai is found in Magdalena Department, Colombia.[3]
Description
The holotype of Lepidoblepharis miyatai has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 20 mm (0.79 in) and a broken tail.[3]
Habitat
Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a unique sphaerodactyline gecko which occurs in dry coastal thorn forest of the Department of Magdalena, northern Colombia (Lamar 1985).
Reproduction
References
- ^ Ortega A, Caicedo J (2015). "Lepidoblepharis miyatai (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579408A115388430. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579408A44579411.en. Downloaded on 19 February 2019.
- ^ 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. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, p. 180).
- ^ a b c Lepidoblepharis miyatai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2015.
Further reading
- Lamar, William W. (1985). "A New Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the North Coast of Colombia". Herpetologica 41 (2): 128–132. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, new species).
- Montes-Correa, Andrés Camilo; Jiménez-Bolaño, Juan David; Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián; Rivas, Gilson A.; Granda-Rodríguez, Hernán D.; Saboyá-Acosta, Liliana P; Renjifo, Juan Manuel (2018). "Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia". Phyllomedusa 17 (1): 61–72.
- Rösler, H. (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota. 2: 28–153. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, p. 90). (in German).
- Saboyá Acosta, Liliana Patricia, et al. (2020). "A survival Blueprint for the Conservation plan of the Colombian Dwarf Gecko, Lepidoblepharis miyatai in northwestern tropical dry forest in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia". An output from the EDGE (Evolutionary Distinct & Globally Endangered) of Existence fellowship, Zoological Society of London.