Brooks's wolf gecko
| Brooks's wolf gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Luperosaurus |
| Species: | L. brooksii
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| Binomial name | |
| Luperosaurus brooksii (Boulenger, 1920)
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Brooks's wolf gecko (Luperosaurus brooksii) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, brooksii, is in honor of British metallurgical chemist Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected natural history specimens in Borneo and Sumatra.[3]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of L. brooksii is forest.[1]
Behavior[edit]
L. brooksii is arboreal, living in the forest canopy.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Iskandar D, Riyanto A, Kamsi M, Amarasinghe A (2021). "Luperosaurus brooksii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T101950492A101950503.en. Accessed on 10 April 2022.
- ^ a b c Gekko brooksii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Luperosaurus brooksi [sic]", p. 40).
Further reading[edit]
- Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 5: 281–283. (Gecko brooksii, new species, pp. 281–282).
- Russell AP (1979). "A New Species of Luperosaurus (Gekkonidae) with Comments on the Genus". Herpetologica 35 (3): 282–288. (Luperosaurus brooksii, new combination).
- Wood, Perry L. Jr.; Guo, Xianguang; Travers, Scott L.; Su, Yong-Chao; Olson, Karen V.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Grismer, L. Lee; Siler, Cameron D.; Moyle, Robert G.; Andersen, Michael J.; Brown, Rafe M. (2020). "Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106731. (corrigendum: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164: 107255.
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