Matoatoa
Appearance
Matoatoa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gekkonidae |
Subfamily: | Uroplatinae |
Genus: | Matoatoa Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998 |
Matoatoa is a small genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[1]
Species
[edit]There are two recognized species:[1]
- Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)
- Matoatoa spannringi Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Matoatoa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Matoatoa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 March 2014.
Further reading
[edit]- Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR, Bauer AM (2014). "Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera". Systematics and Biodiversity 12 (1): 23–42.
- Nussbaum RA, Raxworthy CJ, Pronk O (1998). "The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)". Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (186): 1-26. (Matoatoa, new genus, p. 2; M. spannringi, new species, p. 12).