Uroplatus ebenaui

Uroplatus ebenaui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gekkonidae
Genus:Uroplatus
Species: U. ebenaui
Binomial name
Uroplatus ebenaui
(Boettger, 1879)
Synonyms[2]
  • Uroplates ebenaui
    Boettger, 1879
  • Uroplates boettgeri
    Fischer, 1884
  • Uroplatus ebenaui
    — Angel, 1942

Uroplatus ebenaui, commonly known as the spearpoint leaf-tail gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Geographic range

U. ebenaui is found on Nosy Bé island and in western and northern Madagascar.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, ebenaui, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Ebenau.[4]

Habitat

U. ebenaui lives in tropical rain forests and dry deciduous forests.

Description

U. ebenaui is the smallest species of Uroplatus and can reach a total length (including tail) of 75 mm (3.0 in).

Behavior

U. ebenaui is arboreal and nocturnal. [3]

Taxonomy

Uroplatus ebenaui may be a complex of species.

References

  1. ↑ "Uroplatus ebenaui ". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Uroplatus ebenaui ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 Edmonds, Devin (2002). "Spearpoint Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui )". Amphibian Care. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. ↑ 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. (Uroplatus ebenaui, p. 80).

Further reading

  • Angel F (1942). "Les Lézards de Madagascar ". Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive 36: 1-193. (in French).
  • Boettger O (1879). "Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar ". Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt 11: 269-283. (Uroplates ebenaui, new species, p. 273 + Plate I, figures 1a-1d). (in German).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Musem (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Uroplates ebenaui, p. 238).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3.


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