Gekko shibatai
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gekko |
| Species: | G. shibatai
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| Binomial name | |
| Gekko shibatai , , & , 2008
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Gekko shibatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands.[2]
Etymology[]
The specific name, shibatai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist .[3]
Geographic range[]
G. shibatai is found in the Tokara Group of the Ryukyu Islands. The type locality is Takarajima Island.[2]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of G. shibatai, is forest.[1]
Description[]
G. shibatai lacks distinct preanal pores even in the adult male.[4]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ a b Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Gekko shibatai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T96251742A96251746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T96251742A96251746.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Gekko shibatai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gekko shibatai, p. 242).
- ^ et al. (2008).
Further reading[]
- Shibaike Y, Takahashi Y, Arikura I, Iiizumi R, Kitakawa S, Sakai M, Imaoka C, Shiro H, Tanaka H, Akakubo N, Nakano M, Ohne K, Kubota S, Kohno S, (2009). "Chromosome Evolution in the Lizard Genus Gekko (Gekkonidae, Squamata, Reptilia) in the East Asian Islands". Cytogenetic and Genome Research 127: 182–190.
- , , , (2008). "Description of Two New Species of the Genus Gekko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Tokara and Amami Island Groups in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan". Copeia 2008 (2): 452–466. (Gekko shibatai, new species).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Gekko
- Reptiles described in 2008
- Reptiles of Japan
- Endemic fauna of Japan
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