Matoatoa brevipes

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

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.

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

Mocquard, F. 1900. Diagnose d'espéces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 6: 345–348. BHL
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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Matoatoa brevipes. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 January 2020.
Raxworthy, C.J., Ratsoavina, F., Rabibisoa, N., Rakotondrazafy, N.A. & Bora, P. 2011. IUCN: Matoatoa brevipes (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172954A6947727. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172954A6947727.en

English: Short-footed Ghost Gecko