Lygodactylus petteri

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: Lygodactylus
Species: Lygodactylus petteri

Name

Lygodactylus petteri Pasteur & Blanc, 1968

• Holotype: MNHN 1990.4, ♀.
• Type locality: “Montagne d’Ambre, forêt ancienne-Roussettes”.

Combinations

• Lygodactylus madagascariensis petteri Pasteur & Blanc, 1968 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Lygodactylus petteri — Vences, Multzsch, Gippner, Miralles, Crottini, Gehring, Rakotoarison, Ratsoavina, Glaw & Scherz, 2022: 19 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Pasteur, G. & Blanc, C.-P. [1967] 1968. Les lézards du sous-genre malgache de lygodactyles Domerguella (Gekkonidés). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 92(3): 583–597. Reference page. 
• Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Gippner, S., Miralles, A., Crottini, A., Gehring, P.-S., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, M.D. 2022. Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest. Zootaxa 5179(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5179.1.1 Reference page.