Blaesodactylus sakalava

Blaesodactylus sakalava

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Blaesodactylus
Species: Blaesodactylus sakalava

Name

Blaesodactylus sakalava (Grandidier, 1867)

• Syntypes: MNHN-RA-0.5911 and MNHN-RA-1994.417.
• Type locality: “Tulear”, Madagascar.

Combinations

• Hemidactylus sakalava Grandidier, 1867: 233 [original combination]
• Homopholis sakalava — Glaw & Vences, 1994: 274 [subsequent combination]
• Blaesodactylus sakalava — Kluge & Nussbaum, 1995 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Homopholis heterolepis Boulenger, 1896: 447
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.26.5, ♀, collected by Mr. Last.
  • Type locality: “South-western Madagascar”.

Native distribution areas

• SW/W Madagascar.

References

Primary references

• Grandidier, A. 1867. Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée 2(19): 232–234. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Descriptions of new lizards from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6, 17: 444–449. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Blaesodactylus sakalava. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 June 2023.
• Raxworthy, C.J. 2011. IUCN: Blaesodactylus sakalava  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172755A6911867. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172755A6911867.en. Accessed on 17 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Grandidier's Velvet Gecko