Matoatoa brevipes

Taxonavigation edit

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 brevipes

Name edit

Matoatoa brevipes (Mocquard 1900)

  • Holotype: MNHN-RA-1899.341, ♀, collected by G. Grandidier on 25 June 1898.
  • Type locality: “d'Ambolisatra [=Ambolisaka]”, about 10 km southeast of Morombe, 21º54'S, 43º35'E, Morombe Fivondronana, Toliara Province, Madagascar.

Combinations edit

  • Phyllodactylus brevipes Mocquard, 1900: 346 [original combination]
  • Matoatoa brevipesNussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998: 2 [subsequent combination]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Short-footed Ghost Gecko