Gekko horsfieldii

Gekko horsfieldii, also known commonly as Horsfield's flying gecko, Horsfield's gliding gecko, and Horsfield's parachute gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Asia.[2]

Gekko horsfieldii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. horsfieldii
Binomial name
Gekko horsfieldii
(Gray, 1827)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pteropleura horsfieldii
    Gray, 1827
  • Platydactylus horsfieldii
    — Fitzinger, 1843
  • Ptychozoon homalocephala
    Gray, 1845
  • Ptychozoon horsfieldii
    — F. Müller, 1892
  • Gekko (Ptychozoon) horsfieldii
    — Wood et al., 2019

Etymology

The specific name, horsfieldii, is in honor of American naturalist Thomas Horsfield.[3]

Geographic range

G. horsfieldii is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sarawak, Singapore, Sumatra, and Thailand.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of G. horsfieldii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[1]

Description

G. horsfieldii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in).[4]

Diet

G. horsfieldii preys upon small insects.[4]

Reproduction

G. horsfieldii is oviparous.[2] The adult female lays a clutch of two eggs. Each egg measures 13.7 by 11.9 mm (0.54 by 0.47 in).[4]

References
  1. McGuire J, Iskandar D, Grismer L (2018). "Ptychozoon horsfieldii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178723A100916757. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178723A100916757.en. Downloaded on 10 January 2019.
  2. Gekko horsfieldii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ptychozoon horsfieldi, p. 126).
  4. Das I (2006). Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Ptychozoon horsfieldii, p. 104).

Further reading
  • Gray JE (1827). "A Synopsis of the Genera of Saurian Reptiles in which some new Genera are indicated, and others reviewed by actual Examination". Philosophical Magazine, New Series, London 2: 54–58. (Pteropleura horsfieldii, new species, p. 56).
  • Grismer LL, Quah ESH (2019). "An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos". Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248. (Ptychozoon horsfieldii).
  • Rösler H (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Ptychozoon horsfieldii, p. 107). (in German).
  • Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Ptychozoon horsfieldi, p. 119).


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