Lepidoblepharis miyatai

Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Lepidoblepharis miyatai
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Sphaerodactylidae
Genus:	Lepidoblepharis
Species:	L. miyatai
Binomial name
Lepidoblepharis miyatai Lamar, 1985

Etymology

The specific name, miyatai, is in honor of American herpetologist Kenneth Ichiro Miyata (1951–1983).[2]

Geographic range

L. miyatai is found in Magdalena Department, Colombia.[3]

Description

The holotype of L. miyatai has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 20 mm (0.79 in) and a broken tail.[3]

Reproduction

L. miyatai is oviparous.[3]

References

1. Ortega A, Caicedo J (2015). "Lepidoblepharis miyatai (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579408A115388430. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579408A44579411.en. Downloaded on 19 February 2019.
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. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, p. 180).
3. Lepidoblepharis miyatai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2015.

Further reading

• Lamar, William W. (1985). "A New Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the North Coast of Colombia". Herpetologica 41 (2): 128–132. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, new species).
• Montes-Correa, Andrés Camilo; Jiménez-Bolaño, Juan David; Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián; Rivas, Gilson A.; Granda-Rodríguez, Hernán D.; Saboyá-Acosta, Liliana P; Renjifo, Juan Manuel (2018). "Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia". Phyllomedusa 17 (1): 61–72.