Matoatoa brevipes
| Matoatoa brevipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Matoatoa |
| Species: | M. brevipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Geographic range
M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar.[1]
Habitat
M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.[1]
Behavior
M. brevipes is a nocturnal species.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Raxworthy CJ, Ratsoavina F, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Bora P (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345-348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
- Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1-26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).
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