Lepidoblepharis heyerorum
Lepidoblepharis heyerorum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
Genus: | Lepidoblepharis |
Species: | L. heyerorum |
Binomial name | |
Lepidoblepharis heyerorum Vanzolini, 1978 |
Lepidoblepharis heyerorum is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is native to northeastern South America.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, heyerorum (genitive, plural), is in honor of American herpetologist William Ronald "Ron" Heyer and his wife Miriam.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]L. heyerorum is found in Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará) and in French Guiana.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. heyerorum is forest.[1]
Behavior
[edit]L. heyerorum is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ouboter P, Hogmoed M (2019). "Lepidoblepharis heyerorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44579370A44579372.en. Accessed on 02 March 2024.
- ^ 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. (Lepidoblepharis heyerorum, p. 123).
- ^ a b Lepidoblepharis heyerorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 February 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Hoogmoed MS, Ávila-Pires TCS (1991). "Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of Petit Saut, Sinnamary River, French Guiana". Zoologische Mededelingen 65: 53–88.
- Rebeiro-Júnior MA (2015). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae". Zootaxa 3981 (1): 001–055.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekkanten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)" Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidoblepharis heyerorum, p. 90). (in German).
- Vanzolini P (1978). "Lepidoblepharis in Amazonia (Sauria, Gekkonidae)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 31 (13): 203–211. (Lepidoblepharis heyerorum, new species, pp. 204–206). (in English).