Blaesodactylus boivini
Blaesodactylus boivini is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Blaesodactylus |
| Species: | B. boivini |
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| Blaesodactylus boivini (A.H.A. Duméril, 1856) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, boivini, is in honor of French botanist Louis Hyacinthe Boivin.[3]
Geographic range
B. boivini is found in northern Madagascar.[1]
References
- Raxworthy CJ, Bora P, Rabibisoa N, Rafanomezantsoa J, Rakotondrazafy NA (2011). "Blaesodactylus boivini". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T172972A6950776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172972A6950776.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- "Blaesodactylus boivini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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. (Blaesodactylus boivini, p. 31).
Further reading
- Duméril, Auguste [Henri André] (1856). "Description des Reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la Collection du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle et Remarques sur la Classification et les Caractères des Reptiles. Deuxième Mémoire ... (Geckotiens, Varaniens et Iguaniens) ". Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 8: 437-588. (Platydactylus boivini, new species, pp. 454–455 + Plate XVIII, figures 2, 2a, 2b). (in French).
- Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3.
- Kluge AG, Nussbaum RA (1995). "A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata)". Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (183): 1-20.
- Mocquard F (1895). "Sur les reptiles recueillis a Madagascar de 1867 a 1885 par M[onsieur]. Grandidier ". Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7: 93-111. (Blæsodactylus boivini, new combination, p. 94). (in French).
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