Geckolepis megalepis

Geckolepis megalepis

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: Geckolepis
Species: Geckolepis megalepis

Name

Geckolepis megalepis Scherz, Daza, Köhler, Vences & Glaw, 2017: 6

• Holotype: ZSM 2126/2007, adult indet, collected by P. Bora, H. Enting, F. Glaw, A. Knoll and J. Köhler on 3 March 2007.
• Type locality: “the east side of Ankarana National Park (12.9564°S, 49.1172°E, ca. 150 m a.s.l.), Antsiranana Province, north Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Scherz, M.D., Daza, J.D., Köhler, J., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2017. Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales. PeerJ 5: e2955. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2955 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Geckolepis megalepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 May 2017.