Blaesodactylus boivini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Blaesodactylus
Species:
B. boivini
Binomial name
Blaesodactylus boivini
Synonyms[2]
  • Platydactylus boivini
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1856
  • Blaesodactylus boivini
    — Mocquard, 1895
  • Homopholis boivini
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Blaesodactylus boivini
    — Kluge & Nussbaum, 1995

Blaesodactylus boivini is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, boivini, is in honor of French botanist Louis Hyacinthe Boivin.[2][3]

Geographic range

B. boivini is found in northern Madagascar.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. boivini is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 563 m (1,847 ft).[1]

Reproduction

B. boivini is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Raxworthy, C.J.; Bora, P.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rafanomezantsoa, J.; Rakotondrazafy, N.A. (2011). "Blaesodactylus boivini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172972A6950776. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172972A6950776.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Blaesodactylus boivini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of 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).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Blaesodactylus boivini, p. 61). (in German).



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