Lepidoblepharis ruthveni
| Lepidoblepharis ruthveni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Lepidoblepharis |
| Species: | L. ruthveni
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidoblepharis ruthveni Parker, 1926
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Lepidoblepharis ruthveni is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, ruthveni, is in honor of American herpetologist Alexander Grant Ruthven.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]L. ruthveni is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. ruthveni is forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Rivas G, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Caicedo J, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P (2015). "Lepidoblepharis ruthveni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T44579436A115388686. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T44579436A44579439.en. Downloaded on 19 February 2019.
- ^ 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. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, p. 230).
- ^ a b Lepidoblepharis ruthveni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Parker HW (1926). "The Neotropical Lizards of the Genera Lepidoblepharis, Pseudogonatodes, Lanthrogecko, and Sphaerodactylus, with the Description of a new Genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 17: 291–301. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, new species, p. 295).
- Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidoblepharis ruthveni, p. 90). (in German).
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