The Leopold dtella (Gehyra leopoldi) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Oceania.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gekkonidae |
| Genus: | Gehyra |
| Species: | G. leopoldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gehyra leopoldi Brongersma, 1930
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Etymology
editThe specific name leopoldi, is in honor of Leopold III, King of the Belgians.[3]
Geographic range
editG. leopoldi is found in Indonesia and New Guinea.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ Tallowin, O.; Oliver, P. (2015). "Gehyra leopoldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42482849A42482854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T42482849A42482854.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Gehyra leopoldi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gehyra leopoldi, p. 155).
Further reading
edit- Brongersma, Leo (1930). "Sur un Geckonidae nouveau, Gehyra leopoldi, nov. sp., de la Nouvelle-Guinée ". Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique 6 (11): 1–3. (Gehyra leopoldi, new species). (in French).
- Chrapliwy, Pete S.; Smith, Hobart M.; Grant, Chapman (1961). "Systematic Status of the Geckonid Lizard Genera Gehyra, Peropus, *Hoplodactylus and Naultinus ". Herpetologica 17 (1): 5–12. (Peropus leopoldi, new combination).
- Rösler, Herbert; Glaw, Frank; Günther, Rainer (2005). "Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983 ". Gekkota 5: 33–64. (in German, with an abstract in English).