The Rotuman forest gecko or Rotuma forest gecko (''Lepidodactylus gardineri'') is a species of
gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from .
Geckos ar ...
. It is endemic to
Rotuma Island (Fiji).
It is named after
John Stanley Gardiner
John Stanley Gardiner (1872–1946) was a British zoologist.
Biography
Stanley, as he was known, was the younger son of John Jephson Gardiner and Sarah McTier. He was born in Jordanstown (Belfast) in 1872 – two years after his brother Arthur. ...
.
References
Lepidodactylus
Reptiles of Fiji
Endemic fauna of Fiji
Reptiles described in 1897
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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