Matoatoa brevipes

Matoatoa brevipes is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Matoatoa brevipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Matoatoa
Species:
M. brevipes
Binomial name
Matoatoa brevipes
(Mocquard, 1900)
Synonyms[2]
  • Phyllodactylus brevipes
    Mocquard, 1900
  • Phyllodactylus porphyreus brevipes
    — Kluge, 1993
  • Matoatoa brevipes
    — Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998

Geographic range

M. brevipes is found along the southwestern coast of Madagascar.[1]

Habitat

M. brevipes is found in hollow tree branches within dry open spiny forest.[1]

Behavior

M. brevipes is a nocturnal species.[1]

References
  1. Raxworthy CJ, Ratsoavina F, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Bora P (2011). "Matoatoa brevipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172954A6947727. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  2. "Matoatoa brevipes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Mocquard F (1900). "Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 6: 345–348. (Phyllodactylus brevipes, new species, p. 346). (in French).
  • Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (186): 1–26. (Matoatoa brevipes, new combination, p. 2).


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