Blaesodactylus ambonihazo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Blaesodactylus
Species: Blaesodactylus ambonihazo

Name

Blaesodactylus ambonihazo Bauer, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011: 60

• Holotype: ZSM 469/2001 (field number MV 2001-340), adult ♂, collected by M. Vences, D. Vieites, G. García, V. Raherisoa and A. Rasoamamonjinirina on 26 February 2001.
• Type locality: “Ankarafantsika National Park (Ampijoroa), Mahajanga Province, northwestern Madagascar (16°18’S, 46°49’E, 173 m above sea level)”.
• Paratypes (n=5): ZSM 470/2001 (field number MV 2001-341), subadult/adult ♂, ZSM 471/2001 (field number MV 2001-345), adult ♀, both with same data as holotype; ZFMK 51141, collected by F.W. Henkel and J. Sameit in 1988-1989; ZFMK 52290, collected by F.W. Henkel and W. Schmidt without precise collecting date; ZFMK 55257, collected by F.W. Henkel, without precise collecting date, three adult specimens probably all ♀s, from “Ankarafantsika, Mahajanga Province, northwestern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Bauer, A.M., Glaw, F., Gehring, P.-S. & Vences, M. 2011. New Species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantsika National Park in north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 2942(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2942.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Bowles, P. 2020. IUCN: Blaesodactylus ambonihazo  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T199759A176088199. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T199759A176088199.en. Accessed on 10 December 2025.