Perochirus guentheri
Perochirus guentheri | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Perochirus |
Species: | P. guentheri |
Binomial name | |
Perochirus guentheri Boulenger, 1885 |
Perochirus guentheri, also known commonly as Gunther's tropical gecko and the Vanuatu saw-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British zoologist Albert Günther.[3]
Description
P. guentheri may attain a snout-to-vent length of about 7 cm (2.8 in).[2]
Habitat
P. guentheri is known from only four specimens, collected over a span of more than 100 years. The most recent was collected inside a tent in a lumber camp; so the preferred natural habitat of this species is probably forest. The other three specimens have no associated habitat data.[1][2]
Behavior
P. guentheri is arboreal.[1]
Reproduction
P. guentheri is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Hamilton, A.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2013). "Perochirus guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196587A2463355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196587A2463355.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Perochirus guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Perochirus guentheri, p. 110).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Perochirus guentheri, new species, p. 155 + Plate XII, figures 4, 4a).
- Brown WC (1976). "Review of the Genus Perochirus (Gekkonidae)". Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences (126): 1–14. (Perochirus guentheri, pp. 7–8).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Perochirus guentheri, p. 101).
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