Luperosaurus macgregori

Luperosaurus macgregori, known commonly as MacGregor's wolf gecko or McGregor's flapped-legged gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Luperosaurus macgregori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Luperosaurus
Species:
L. macgregori
Binomial name
Luperosaurus macgregori
Stejneger, 1907

Etymology

The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of Richard C. MacGregor of the Science Bureau in Manila, who collected the holotype.[2][3]

Geographic range

L. macgregori is found in the Calayan Islands in the Philippines.[4]

Reproduction

L. macgregori is oviparous.[4]

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References
  1. Brown R, Gonzalez JC (2009). "Luperosaurus macgregori ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169908A6689039. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169908A6689039.en. Downloaded on 29 June 2018.
  2. Stejneger (1908).
  3. Taylor EH (1922). Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. 269 PP. + Plates 1-22. (Luperosaurus macgregori, pp. 87-88).
  4. Luperosaurus macgregori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Das, Indraneil; Min, Yong (2012). "Testing the phyllogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia's rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko ". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 915–921.
  • Stejneger L (1907). "A New Geckoid Lizard from the Philippine Islands". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33: 545–546. (Luperosaurus macgregori, new species).


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