''Blaesodactylus boivini'' is a
species
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of
gecko
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Geckos are unique among lizards ...
, a lizard in the
family
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Gekkonidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Madagascar
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''boivini'', is in honor of French botanist
Louis Hyacinthe Boivin.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Blaesodactylus boivini'', p. 31).
Geographic range
''B. boivini'' is found in northern Madagascar
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.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''B. boivini'' is forest
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, at altitudes from sea level to .
Reproduction
''B. boivini'' is oviparous
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.[
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References
Further reading
* Duméril, Auguste enri André(1856). "''Description des Reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la Collection du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle et Remarques sur la Classification et les Caractères des Reptiles. Deuxième Mémoire ... (Geckotiens, Varaniens et Iguaniens)'' ". ''Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris'' 8: 437–588. (''Platydactylus boivini'', new species, pp. 454–455 + Plate XVIII, figures 2, 2a, 2b). (in French).
* Glaw F, Vences M (1994). ''A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition''. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. .
* Kluge AG, Nussbaum RA (1995). "A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata)". ''Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan'' (183): 1-20.
* Mocquard F (1895). "''Sur les reptiles recueillis a Madagascar de 1867 a 1885 par M nsieur Grandidier Grandidier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921), French naturalist and explorer
*Ernest Grandidier (1833–1912), French industrialist, naturalist, and art collector, brother of Alfred
*Guillaume G ...
'' ". ''Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris'' 7: 93–111. (''Blæsodactylus boivini'', new combination, p. 94). (in French).
* Rösler H (2000). "''Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha)''". ''Gekkota'' 2: 28–153. (''Blaesodactylus boivini'', p. 61). (in German).
Blaesodactylus
Geckos of Africa
Reptiles of Madagascar
Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1856
Taxa named by Auguste Duméril
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