The Siamese green-eyed gecko (Gekko siamensis) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Thailand.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gekko |
| Species: | G. siamensis
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| Gekko siamensis W. Grossmann & Ulber, 1990
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Etymology
editThe specific name siamensis refers to the type locality. The specific name of the now-synonymized Gekko taylori honors Edward Harrison Taylor, an American herpetologist.[3][4]
Habitat
editReproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Sumontha, M.; Cota, M. (2018). "Gekko siamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T104718035A104718961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104718035A104718961.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Ota, Hidetoshi; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (1991). "A new species of Gekko (Gekkonidae: Squamata) from Thailand". Copeia. 1991 (2): 503–509. doi:10.2307/1446598. JSTOR 1446598. (Gekko taylori, new species).
- ^ a b c d Gekko siamensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 June 2018.
- ^ 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. (Gekko taylori, p. 261).
Further reading
edit- Grossmann, Wolfgang; Ulber, Thomas (1990). "Ein neuer Gecko aus Zentral-Thailand: Gekko siamensis sp. nov. (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Sauria 12 (3): 9–18. (Gekko siamensis, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Rösler H (1995). Geckos der Welt – Alle Gattungen. Leipzig: Urania. 256 pp. (Gekko siamensis, p. 121). (in German).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Gekko siamensis, p. 82). (in German).