Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi

Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Lepidoblepharis
Species:
L. hoogmoedi
Binomial name
Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi

Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, also known commonly as Hoogmoed's scaly-eyed gecko and the spotted dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is native to northern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, hoogmoedi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Marinus Steven Hoogmoed (born 1942).[2]

Geographic range

L. hoogmoedi is found in northwestern Brazil (Amazonas) and northern Peru.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. hoogmoedi is forest.[1]

Description

L. hoogmoedi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.8 cm (1.5 in).[3]

Behavior

L. hoogmoedi is diurnal and terrestrial, living in the leaf litter of the forest.[1]

Reproduction

L. hoogmoedi is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Avila-Pires TCS, Perez P, Gagliardi G (2019). "Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44579378A44579380.en. Accessed on 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ 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 hoogmoedi, p. 125).
  3. ^ a b c Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Ávila-Pires TCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 299: 1–706. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, new species, pp. 294–298, Figures 95–97, 271). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish).
  • Ribeiro-Júnior MA (2015). "Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. II. Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, Sphaerodactylidae". Zootaxa 3981 (1): 1–55.
  • Ribeiro-Júnior M, Amaral S (2016). "Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia". Neotropical Biodiversity 2 (1): 195–421.
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. ("Lepidoblepharis hoogmeedi [sic]", ex errore, p. 90). (in German).



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