Matoatoa spannringi

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: Matoatoa
Species: Matoatoa spannringi

Name

Matoatoa spannringi Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998: 12

• Holotype: UMMZ 218371 (RAN 57225), adult ♂, collected by Jürgen Spannring on 9 April 1996.
• Type locality: “between Ambohimanana and Fiadanana, 21°28.61'S, 47"33.83'E, 690 m, Ikongo Fivondronana, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar”.
• Paratypes (8): UMMZ 218372–9 (RAN 48010, 48079, 56001, 57226-30), ♂ and ♀, same data as holotype.
• Etymology: Named after the collector Jürgen Spannring.

References

Primary references

• Nussbaum, R.A., Raxworthy, C.J. & Pronk, O. 1998. The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Miscellaneous Publications, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 186: 1–26. hdl: 2027.42/57280 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Matoatoa spannringi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 July 2020.
• Raxworthy, C.J., Ratsoavina, F., Rabibisoa, N., Rakotondrazafy, N.A., Bora, P. & Jenkins, R.J. 2013. IUCN: Matoatoa spannringi  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172848A47951550. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T172848A47951550.en