Lepidodactylus guppyi, also known commonly as Guppy's gecko and the Solomons scaly-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Lepidodactylus |
| Species: | L. guppyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidodactylus guppyi Boulenger, 1884
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Etymology
editThe specific name, guppyi, is in honor of British botanist Henry Brougham Guppy.[2]
Geographic range
editL. guppyi is found in the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of L. guppyi is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Harlow, P. (2013). "Lepidodactylus guppyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196578A2462207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196578A2462207.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ 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. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, p. 112).
- ^ a b Lepidodactylus guppyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1884). "Diagnoses of new Reptiles and Batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected and presented to the British Museum by H. B. Guppy, Esq., H.M.S. ‘Lark’ ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 210–213. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, new species, p. 210).
- 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. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, pp. 166–167).
- McCoy M (2006). Reptiles of the Solomon Islands. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers. 212 pp. ISBN 978-9546422750.
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus guppyi, p. 91). (in German).
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