Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi explained
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).[1]
Geographic range
L. hoogmoedi is found in northwestern Brazil (Amazonas) and northern Peru.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. hoogmoedi is forest.
Description
L. hoogmoedi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Behavior
L. hoogmoedi is diurnal and terrestrial, living in the leaf litter of the forest.
Reproduction
L. hoogmoedi is oviparous.
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).
Notes and References
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