Matoatoa brevipes
Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Matoatoa brevipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Matoatoa |
Species: | M. brevipes |
Binomial name | |
Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Geographic range
M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar.[1]
Habitat
M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.[1]
Behavior
M. brevipes is a nocturnal species.[1]
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References
- Raxworthy CJ, Ratsoavina F, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Bora P (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T172954A6947727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
- Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1-26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).
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