Bicol false gecko
Appearance
Bicol false gecko | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Genus: | Pseudogekko |
Species: | P. sumiklab
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Binomial name | |
Pseudogekko sumiklab Siler, Davis, Watters, Freitas, Griffith, Binaday, Lobos Amarga, & Brown, 2017
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The Bicol false gecko (Pseudogekko sumiklab) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Philippines.[1]
In fact, P. sumiklab is relatively new and found to be the only known member of the Pseudogekko brevipes species.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The Bicol false gecko was discovered at the bank of a stream, in a tree, at low elevation in a part of a secondary growth forest on Luzon Island.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Pseudogekko sumiklab at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Siler, Cameron D.; Davis, Drew R.; Watters, Jessa L.; Freitas, Elyse S.; Griffith, Oliver W.; Binaday, Jake Wilson B.; Lobos, Athena Heart T.; Amarga, Ace Kevin S.; Brown, Rafe M. (June 2017). "First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species". Herpetologica. 73 (2): 162–175. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 53061512.
- ^ Siler, Cameron D.; Davis, Drew R.; Watters, Jessa L.; Freitas, Elyse S.; Griffith, Oliver W.; Binaday, Jake Wilson B.; Lobos, Athena Heart T.; Amarga, Ace Kevin S.; Brown, Rafe M. (June 2017). "First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species". Herpetologica. 73 (2): 162–175. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074. ISSN 0018-0831. S2CID 53061512.