Uroplatus pietschmanni

Uroplatus pietschmanni, known commonly as the cork-bark leaf-tail gecko, the cork bark leaftail gecko, and the spiny leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.[2] The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Uroplatus pietschmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Uroplatus
Species:
U. pietschmanni
Binomial name
Uroplatus pietschmanni
Böhle & Schönecker, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, pietschmanni, is in honor of German gecko breeder Jürgen Pietschmann (1949–2005).[3]

Geographic range

U. pietschmanni is found in Toamasina Province, Madagascar.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of U. pietschmanni is rainforest at altitudes of 900–1,200 m (3,000–3,900 ft).[1][2]

Description

U. pietschmanni is a medium-sized species for its genus. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.1 cm (3.2 in), and a total length (including tail) of 13.4 cm (5.3 in).[4]

Reproduction

References
  1. Ratsoavina F, Glaw F, Rafanomezantsoa J, Rabibisoa N, Rakotondrazafy NA, Jenkins RKB (2011). "Uroplatus pietschmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172943A6945783. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172943A6945783.en. Downloaded on 19 January 2019.
  2. Uroplatus pietschmanni 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. (Uroplatus pietschmanni, p. 207).
  4. Böhle & Schönecker (2003).

Further reading
  • Böhle, Andreas; Schönecker, Patrick (2003). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Uroplatus Duméril, 1805 aus Ost-Madagaskar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): A new species of the genus Uroplatus from eastern Madasascar". Salamandra, Rheinbach 39 (3/4): 129–138. (Uroplatus pietschmanni, new species). (in German and English).
  • Greenbaum E, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Vences M, Glaw F (2007). "A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Zootaxa 1493: 41–51.
  • Ratsoavina FN, Raminosoa NR, Lewis EE Jr, Raselimanana AP, Glaw F, Vences M (2013). "An overview of Madagascar's leaf tailed geckos (genus Uroplatus): species boundaries, candidate species and review of geographical distribution based on molecular data". Salamandra 49 (3): 115–148.



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