Woodford's scaly-toed gecko

Woodford's scaly-toed gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Gekkota
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species:
L. woodfordi
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus woodfordi
Boulenger, 1887

Woodford's scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus woodfordi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, woodfordi, is in honor of British naturalist Charles Morris Woodford.[2]

Reproduction

L. woodfordi is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lepidodactylus woodfordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidodactylus woodfordi, p. 289).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). "Second Contribution to the Herpetology of the Solomon Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 333–338 + Plate XXVIII. (Lepidodactylus woodfordi, new species, p. 334 + Plate XXVIII, figures 1, 1a).
  • de Rooij N (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden: E.J. Brill. xiv + 384 pp. (Lepidodactylus woodfordi, p. 51).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus woodfordi, p. 91). (in German).



Stub icon

This article about a gecko is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.