Reeves's Tokay gecko
Reeves's tokay gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Gekko |
Species: | G. reevesii
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Binomial name | |
Gekko reevesii (Gray, 1831)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Reeves's tokay gecko (Gekko reevesii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Etymology[]
The specific name, reevesii, is in honor of English naturalist John Reeves.[2]
Geographic range[]
G. reevesii is indigenous to China and northwestern Vietnam.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Gekko reevesii 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. ("Reeves", p. 218).
Further reading[]
- Gray JE (1831). "A Synopsis of the Species of the Class Reptilia". In: Griffith E, (1831). The Animal Kingdom arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, Member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. &c., with additional Descriptions of all the Species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, Volume the Ninth. London: Whittaker, Treacher and Co. 481 pp. + supplement, 110 pp. (Gecko reevesii, new species, p. 48 of supplement).
- Mertens R (1955). "Über eine eigenartige Rasse des Tokehs (Gekko gecko) aus Ost-Pakistan ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 21–24. (Gekko reevesii considered a synonym of Gekko gecko). (in German).
- , Bauer AM, , , , , Ziegler T (2011). "Phylogeny, taxonomy and zoogeography of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 with the revalidation of G. reevesii Gray, 1831 (Sauria: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 2989: 1–50. (Gekko reevesii revalidated at specific rank).
Categories:
- Gekko
- Reptiles of China
- Reptiles of Vietnam
- Reptiles described in 1831
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Gekko stubs