Lepidodactylus guppyi

Lepidodactylus guppyi, also known commonly as the Solomons scaly-toed gecko or Guppy's gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Lepidodactylus guppyi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Lepidodactylus
Species:	L. guppyi
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus guppyi Boulenger, 1884

Etymology

The specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British botanist Henry Brougham Guppy.[2]

Geographic range

L. guppyi is found in the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[3]

Reproduction

L. guppyi is oviparous.[3]

References

1. Harlow P (2013). "Lepidodactylus guppyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T196578A2462207. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196578A2462207.en. Downloaded on 25 June 2018.
2. 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 guppyi, p. 112).
3. Lepidodactylus guppyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1884). "Diagnoses of new Reptiles and Batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected and presented to the British Museum by H. B. Guppy, Esq., H.M.S. ‘Lark’ ". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1884: 210–213. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, new species, p. 210).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I., Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, pp. 166-167).