Rotuman forest gecko

The Rotuman forest gecko or Rotuma forest gecko (Lepidodactylus gardineri) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Rotuma Island (Fiji).[1][2] It is named after John Stanley Gardiner.[3]

Rotuman forest gecko

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Lepidodactylus
Species:
L. gardineri
Binomial name
Lepidodactylus gardineri
Boulenger, 1897

References

  1. Oliver, P. M.; Fisher, R. (2021). "Lepidodactylus gardineri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T196577A192973261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T196577A192973261.en. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. Lepidodactylus gardineri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 August 2021.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.("Gardiner", p. 97–98).


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