Luperosaurus alvarezi

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Luperosaurus
Species: Luperosaurus alvarezi

Name

Luperosaurus alvarezi Meneses & Brown, 2026: 11

• Holotype: PNM 9866 (formerly UPLB-MNH-Z-NS 4621 (CGM 988)), adult ♂, collected by Camila Meneses and Sean Arnel Gonzales on 18 June 2017.
• Type locality: “a vine overhanging the bank of the Gaong River, at Barangay Tampayan (12.4699°N, 122.5494°E), collected from 50 m a.s.l., Municipality of Magdiwang, Romblon Province, Sibuyan Island, Philippines”.

References

Primary references

• Meneses, C.G. & Brown, R.M. 2026. A new species of fringed Forest Gecko, genus Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae), from Sibuyan Island, Central Philippines. PeerJ 14: e20504. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.20504 Reference page.