Matoatoa

Matoatoa is a small genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Matoatoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Subfamily: Uroplatinae
Genus: Matoatoa
Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Species

There are two recognized species:[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Matoatoa.

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References
  1. Matoatoa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 March 2014.

Further reading
  • Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR, Bauer AM (2014). "Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera". Systematics and Biodiversity 12 (1): 23–42.
  • Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (186): 1-26. (Matoatoa, new genus, p. 2; M. spannringi, new species, p. 12).


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