- Source: Blaesodactylus
Blaesodactylus is a genus of six species of lizards, endemic to Madagascar, commonly known as velvet geckos, and formerly considered part of the genus Homopholis.
Description
The species are generally similar, with small, conical scales on their dorsal surfaces, with overall dullish coloration, and a pattern of distinct transverse bands.
Species
The following six species are recognized.
Blaesodactylus ambonihazo Bauer, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011
Blaesodactylus antongilensis (Böhme & Meier, 1980)
Blaesodactylus boivini (A.M.C. Duméril, 1856)
Blaesodactylus microtuberculatus Jono, Brennan, Bauer & Glaw, 2015
Blaesodactylus sakalava (Grandidier, 1867)
Blaesodactylus victori Iniech, Glaw & Vences, 2016
References
Further reading
Boettger O. 1893. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons). Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. x + 140 pp. (Blaesodactlus, new genus, p. 32).
External links
Data related to Blaesodactylus at Wikispecies
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Gekkonidae
- Blaesodactylus
- Blaesodactylus victori
- Blaesodactylus microtuberculatus
- Blaesodactylus ambonihazo
- Blaesodactylus boivini
- Blaesodactylus sakalava
- Blaesodactylus antongilensis
- Gekkonidae
- List of reptiles of Madagascar
- List of indigenous geckos of Madagascar
