Perochirus guentheri explained
Perochirus guentheri, also known commonly as Gunther's tropical gecko and the Vanuatu saw-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.
Etymology
The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British zoologist Albert Günther.[1]
Description
P. guentheri may attain a snout-to-vent length of about .
Habitat
P. guentheri is known from only four specimens, collected over a span of more than 100 years. The most recent was collected inside a tent in a lumber camp; so the preferred natural habitat of this species is probably forest. The other three specimens have no associated habitat data.
Behavior
P. guentheri is arboreal.
Reproduction
P. guentheri is oviparous.
Further reading
- 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. (Perochirus guentheri, new species, p. 155 + Plate XII, figures 4, 4a).
- Brown WC (1976). "Review of the Genus Perochirus (Gekkonidae)". Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences (126): 1–14. (Perochirus guentheri, pp. 7–8).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Perochirus guentheri, p. 101).
Notes and References
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