Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Luperosaurus
Species: L. iskandari
Binomial name
Luperosaurus iskandari
R. Brown, Supriatna & Ota, 2000

Pak Djoko's flap-legged gecko (Luperosaurus iskandari ), also known commonly as Iskandar's wolf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, iskandari, is in honour of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown R, Ineich I (2010). "Luperosaurus iskandari ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178412A7541661. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178412A7541661.en. Downloaded on 29 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Luperosaurus iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ↑ 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. (Luperosaurus iskandari, p. 131).

Further reading

  • Brown, Rafe M.; Supriatna, Jatna; Ota, Hidetoshi (2000). "Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus ". Copeia 2000 (1): 191-209. (Luperosaurus iskandari, new species).


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