Luperosaurus macgregori
Luperosaurus macgregori, known commonly as MacGregor's wolf gecko or McGregor's flapped-legged gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.
| Luperosaurus macgregori | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Luperosaurus |
| Species: | L. macgregori |
| Binomial name | |
| Luperosaurus macgregori Stejneger, 1907 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of Richard C. MacGregor of the Science Bureau in Manila, who collected the holotype.[2][3]
Geographic range
L. macgregori is found in the Calayan Islands in the Philippines.[4]
References
- Brown R, Gonzalez JC (2009). "Luperosaurus macgregori ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169908A6689039. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169908A6689039.en. Downloaded on 29 June 2018.
- Stejneger (1908).
- Taylor EH (1922). Lizards of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. 269 PP. + Plates 1-22. (Luperosaurus macgregori, pp. 87-88).
- Luperosaurus macgregori at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Das, Indraneil; Min, Yong (2012). "Testing the phyllogenetic affinities of Southeast Asia's rarest geckos: Flap-legged geckos (Luperosaurus), Flying geckos (Ptychozoon) and their relationship to the pan-Asian genus Gekko ". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63: 915–921.
- Stejneger L (1907). "A New Geckoid Lizard from the Philippine Islands". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33: 545–546. (Luperosaurus macgregori, new species).
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