Lepidoblepharis ruthveni explained

Lepidoblepharis ruthveni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, ruthveni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alexander Grant Ruthven.^[1]

Geographic range

L. ruthveni is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. ruthveni is forest.

Reproduction

L. ruthveni is oviparous.

Further reading

• Parker HW (1926). "The Neotropical Lizards of the Genera Lepidoblepharis, Pseudogonatodes, Lanthrogecko, and Sphaerodactylus, with the Description of a new Genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 17: 291–301. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, new species, p. 295).
• Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, p. 90). (in German).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, p. 230).