Lepidodactylus oorti is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
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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. oorti
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| Lepidodactylus oorti (Kopstein, 1926)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.[3]
Geographic range
editL. oorti is found on the Banda, Damar, and Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ Ineich, I. (2010). "Lepidodactylus oortii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178712A7601126. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178712A7601126.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Lepidodactylus oorti 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. (Lepidodactylus oortii, p. 195).
Further reading
edit- Kopstein, "Ph. F." (1926). "Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln ". Zoologische Mededeelingen 1: 71–112. (Gecko oorti, new species, pp. 77–78). (in German).
- Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus oortii, p. 91). (in German).
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