Gekko kikuchii

Gekko kikuchii

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: Gekko
Species: Gekko kikuchii

Name

Gekko kikuchii (Oshima, 1912)

• Holotype: ISM 1, collected by M. Oshima in 14 June 1911.
• Type locality: “Kotosho (Botel Tobago Island, dependency of Formosa)”.

Combinations

• Gecko kikuchii Oshima, 1912: 241 [original combination]
• Gekko kikuchii — Okada, 1936 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Oshima, M. 1912. Description of a new gecko from Botel Tobago Island. Philippine Journal of Science 7: 241–242. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Siler, C.D., Oaks, J.R., Cobb, K., Ota, H. & Brown, R.M. 2014. Critically endangered island endemic or peripheral population of a widespread species? Conservation genetics of Kikuchi’s gecko and the global challenge of protecting peripheral oceanic island endemic vertebrates. Diversity and Distributions 20: 756–772. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12169

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gekko kikuchii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 October 2020.
• Ota, H. 2010. IUCN: Gekko kikuchii  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178501A7559645. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178501A7559645.en

Vernacular names

English: Botel Gecko

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