Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko explained

Bougainville's scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus mutahi) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Bougainville Island.

Etymology

The specific name, mutahi, refers to the Mutahi area in northeastern Bougainville Island.^[1]

Description

Adults of L. mutahi have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 3.7cm-5.6cmcm (01.5inches-02.2inchescm).

Reproduction

L. mutahi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Brown, Walter C.

Parker, Fred (1977). "Lizards of the Genus Lepidodactylus (Gekkonidae) from the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Islands of the Pacific, with Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 41 (8): 253–265. (Lepidodactylus mutahi, new species, pp. 259–260).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lepidodactylus mutahi, p. 185).