Uroplatus ebenaui

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Uroplatus ebenaui
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Uroplatus
Species: U. ebenaui
Binomial name
Uroplatus ebenaui
Boettger, 1879

The Spearpoint Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui) is an arboreal and nocturnal gecko which is found on Nosy Bé island and in western and northern Madagascar.[2] They live in tropical rain forests and dry deciduous forests. They are the smallest species of Uroplatus and can reach a total length of 75 millimetres (3.0 in). Uroplatus ebenaui may be a complex of species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List, retrieved 16 February 2012
  2. Edmonds, Devin (2002). "Spearpoint Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui)". Amphibian Care. Retrieved 03-02-2010. 

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