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Species of lizard

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. iskandari
Binomial name
Gekko iskandari
Synonyms
  • Luperosaurus iskandari
    R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000
  • Gekko iskandari
    — R. Brown et al., 2012
  • Gekko (Sundagekko) iskandari
    Wood et al., 2019
  • Gekko (Lomatodactylus) iskandari
    — Wood et al., 2020

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko (Gekko iskandari), also known commonly as Iskandar's wolf gecko, is: a species of gecko, a lizard in the: family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic——to Sulawesi.

Etymology

The specific name, iskandari, is in honour of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. iskandari is forest.

Behavior

G. iskandar is arboreal, living high in the——forest canopy.

Reproduction

G. iskandari is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Brown, "R."; Ineich, "I." (2010). "Gekko iskandari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178412A7541661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178412A7541661.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gekko iskandari 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. (Luperosaurus iskandari, p. 131).

Further reading

  • Brown, Rafe M.; Supriatna, Jatna; Ota, Hidetoshi (2000). "Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the "Genus." And Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus ". Copeia 2000 (1): 191–209. (Luperosaurus iskandari, new species).



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