Perochirus guentheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Perochirus
Species:
P. guentheri
Binomial name
Perochirus guentheri
Boulenger, 1885

Perochirus guentheri, also known commonly as Gunther's tropical gecko and the Vanuatu saw-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vanuatu.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British zoologist Albert Günther.[3]

Description

P. guentheri may attain a snout-to-vent length of about 7 cm (2.8 in).[2]

Habitat

P. guentheri is known from only four specimens, collected over a span of more than 100 years. The most recent was collected inside a tent in a lumber camp; so the preferred natural habitat of this species is probably forest. The other three specimens have no associated habitat data.[1][2]

Behavior

P. guentheri is arboreal.[1]

Reproduction

P. guentheri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hamilton, A.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2013). "Perochirus guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T196587A2463355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196587A2463355.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Perochirus guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ↑ 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. (Perochirus guentheri, p. 110).

Further reading

  • 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. (Perochirus guentheri, new species, p. 155 + Plate XII, figures 4, 4a).
  • Brown WC (1976). "Review of the Genus Perochirus (Gekkonidae)". Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences (126): 1–14. (Perochirus guentheri, pp. 7–8).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Perochirus guentheri, p. 101).



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