Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi

Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, also known commonly as Hoogmoed's scaly-eyed gecko and the spotted dwarf gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

For the Asian species called spotted dwarf gecko, see Hemiphyllodactylus bintik
For the African species called spotted dwarf gecko, see Lygodactylus ocellatus

Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Lepidoblepharis
Species:
L. hoogmoedi
Binomial name
Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi
Ávila-Pires, 1995

Etymology

The specific name, hoogmoedi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Marinus Steven Hoogmoed (born 1942).[1]

Geographic range

L. hoogmoedi is found in northwestern Brazil (Amazonas) and northern Peru.[2]

Reproduction

L. hoogmoedi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. 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. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, p. 125).
  2. Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 February 2019.

Further reading
  • Ávila-Pires MCS (1995). "Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 299: 1–706. (Lepidoblepharis hoogmoedi, new species, pp. 294–298, Figures 95–97, 271). (in English, with abstracts in Portuguese and Spanish).



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