Lepidodactylus listeri
Lepidodactylus listeri, also known commonly as Lister's gecko or the Christmas Island chained gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lepidodactylus |
| Species: | L. listeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidodactylus listeri (Boulenger,1889) | |
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Geographic range
L. listeri is endemic to Christmas Island.[3]
Etymology
Both the specific name, listeri, and one of the common names, Lister's gecko, are in honour of British naturalist Joseph Jackson Lister.[4]
Description
Lister's gecko is a brown lizard growing to a snout-vent length (SVL) of 5 cm (2.0 in). It has a broad, pale fawn/grey vertebral stripe which expands to cover the top of the head and matches the colour and pattern of the tail. It has a whitish belly. The body is covered with small, smooth scales.[5]
Habitat
L. listeri is most abundant in primary rainforest on the plateau, but also occurs in disturbed secondary forest growth. It is absent from mined areas on the island.[6][7]
References
- Cogger H, Mitchell NM, Woinarski J (2017). "Lepidodactylus listeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Species Lepidodactylus listeri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- Brown WC, Parker F (1977). "Lizards of the genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the islands of the Pacific, with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Californian Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 41 (8): 253-265.
- 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. (Lepidodactylus listeri, p. 159).
- Cogger HG (2000). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney, Australia: New Holland Books. 808 pp. ISBN 978-1876334338.
- Cogger HG, Sadlier RA (2000). The terrestrial reptiles of Christmas Island - a reappraisal of their status. Sydney: Australian Museum.
- Cogger HG, Cameron EE, Sadlier RA, Eggler P (1993). The Action Plan for Australian Reptiles Archived 14 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1889). "On the Reptiles of Christmas Island". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1888: 534–536. (Gecko listeri, new species, p. 535).