Uroplatus ebenaui

Uroplatus ebenaui, commonly known as the spearpoint leaf-tail gecko or Nosy Be flat-tail gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.

Uroplatus ebenaui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Uroplatus
Species:
U. ebenaui
Binomial name
Uroplatus ebenaui
(Boettger, 1879)
Synonyms[2]
  • Uroplates ebenaui
    Boettger, 1879
  • Uroplates boettgeri
    Fischer, 1884
  • Uroplatus ebenaui
    — Angel, 1942

Geographic range

U. ebenaui is found on Nosy Bé island and in eastern and northern Madagascar.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, ebenaui, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Ebenau.[4]

Habitat

U. ebenaui lives in tropical rain forests and dry deciduous forests.

Description

U. ebenaui is the smallest species of Uroplatus and can reach a total length (including tail) of 4 inches.

Behavior

U. ebenaui is arboreal and nocturnal. This gecko eats insects at night and is inactive during the day. Additionally, they sleep flattened against tree trunks to camouflage in with the bark. [3]

Taxonomy

Uroplatus ebenaui may be a complex of species.

References
  1. "Uroplatus ebenaui ". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. "Uroplatus ebenaui ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Edmonds, Devin (2002). "Spearpoint Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui )". Amphibian Care. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. 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. (Uroplatus ebenaui, p. 80).

Further reading
  • Angel F (1942). "Les Lézards de Madagascar ". Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive 36: 1–193. (in French).
  • Boettger O (1879). "Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagascar ". Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Frankfurt 11: 269–283. (Uroplates ebenaui, new species, p. 273 + Plate I, figures 1a-1d). (in German).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Uroplates ebenaui, p. 238).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3.


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