Uroplatus pietschmanni

Uroplatus pietschmanni, known commonly as the cork-bark leaf-tail gecko, the cork bark leaftail gecko, and the spiny leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.[2] The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Uroplatus pietschmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Uroplatus
Species:
U. pietschmanni
Binomial name
Uroplatus pietschmanni
Böhle & Schönecker, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, pietschmanni, is in honor of German gecko breeder Jürgen Pietschmann (1949–2005).[3]

Geographic range

U. pietschmanni is found in Toamasina Province, Madagascar.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of U. pietschmanni is rainforest at altitudes of 900–1,200 m (3,000–3,900 ft).[1][2]

Description

U. pietschmanni is a medium-sized species for its genus. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.1 cm (3.2 in), and a total length (including tail) of 13.4 cm (5.3 in).[4]

Reproduction
gollark: I see.
gollark: Is it the government doing this?
gollark: Hm, which religions let me do all my prayers in bulk in advance?
gollark: No, I mean presumably it would be easier for you to not pray than to pray, and it is not as if an omnipotent god requires it.
gollark: They could just not have you pray in the first place.

References
  1. Ratsoavina F, Glaw F, Rafanomezantsoa J, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Jenkins RKB (2011). "Uroplatus pietschmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172943A6945783. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172943A6945783.en. Downloaded on 19 January 2019.
  2. Uroplatus pietschmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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. (Uroplatus pietschmanni, p. 207).
  4. Böhle & Schönecker (2003).

Further reading
  • Böhle, Andreas; Schönecker, Patrick (2003). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Uroplatus Duméril, 1805 aus Ost-Madagaskar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): A new species of the genus Uroplatus from eastern Madasascar". Salamandra, Rheinbach 39 (3/4): 129–138. (Uroplatus pietschmanni, new species). (in German and English).
  • Greenbaum E, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Vences M, Glaw F (2007). "A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 1493: 41–51.
  • Ratsoavina FN, Raminosoa NR, Lewis EE Jr, Raselimanana AP, Glaw F, Vences M (2013). "An overview of Madagascar's leaf tailed geckos (genus Uroplatus): species boundaries, candidate species and review of geographical distribution based on molecular data". Salamandra 49 (3): 115–148.



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