Tiny scaled gecko

Tiny scaled gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Lygodactylus
Species: L. bivittis
Binomial name
Lygodactylus bivittis
(W. Peters, 1883)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scalabotes bivittis Peters, 1883
  • Scalabotes hildebrandti Peters, 1883
  • Microscalabotes cowanii Boulenger, 1883
  • Lygodactylus hildebrandti (Peters, 1883)
  • Microscalabotes bivittis (Peters, 1883)

The tiny scaled gecko (Lygodactylus bivittis) is a species of gecko that is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2] It was formerly placed in a monotypic genus Microscalabotes. However, molecular data suggested that Microscalabotes is nested within Lygodactylus, and the genus was synonymized.[2][3]

This species occurs in low and mid-elevation humid forests at elevations of 300–1,000 m (980–3,280 ft) above sea level. It is diurnal and lives in trees. It does not occur in heavily degraded areas and is threatened by the loss and degradation of humid forests in eastern Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Raselimanana, A. & Vences, M. (2011). "Lygodactylus bivittis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T172837A6927369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172837A6927369.en. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Lygodactylus bivittis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 June 2018.
  3. ↑ Röll, Beate; Pröhl, Heike & Hoffmann, Klaus-Peter (2010). "Multigene phylogenetic analysis of Lygodactylus dwarf geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (1): 327–335. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.002.
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