Bicol false gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| genus = Pseudogekko

| species = sumiklab

| authority = Siler, Davis, Watters, Freitas, Griffith, Binaday, Lobos Amarga, & Brown, 2017

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The Bicol false gecko (Pseudogekko sumiklab) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to the Philippines.{{NRDB species|genus=Pseudogekko|species=sumiklab}}

In fact, P. sumiklab is relatively new and found to be the only known member of the Pseudogekko brevipes species.{{Cite journal|last1=Siler|first1=Cameron D.|last2=Davis|first2=Drew R.|last3=Watters|first3=Jessa L.|last4=Freitas|first4=Elyse S.|last5=Griffith|first5=Oliver W.|last6=Binaday|first6=Jake Wilson B.|last7=Lobos|first7=Athena Heart T.|last8=Amarga|first8=Ace Kevin S.|last9=Brown|first9=Rafe M.|date=June 2017|title=First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species|url=https://bioone.org/journals/Herpetologica/volume-73/issue-2/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074/First-Record-of-the-Pseudogekko-brevipes-Complex-from-the-Northern/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074.full|journal=Herpetologica|volume=73|issue=2|pages=162–175|doi=10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074|s2cid=53061512|issn=0018-0831|url-access=subscription}}

Habitat

The Bicol false gecko was discovered at the bank of a stream, in a tree, at low elevation in a part of a secondary growth forest on Luzon Island.{{Cite journal|last1=Siler|first1=Cameron D.|last2=Davis|first2=Drew R.|last3=Watters|first3=Jessa L.|last4=Freitas|first4=Elyse S.|last5=Griffith|first5=Oliver W.|last6=Binaday|first6=Jake Wilson B.|last7=Lobos|first7=Athena Heart T.|last8=Amarga|first8=Ace Kevin S.|last9=Brown|first9=Rafe M.|date=June 2017|title=First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species|url=https://bioone.org/journals/Herpetologica/volume-73/issue-2/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074/First-Record-of-the-Pseudogekko-brevipes-Complex-from-the-Northern/10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074.full|journal=Herpetologica|volume=73|issue=2|pages=162–175|doi=10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00074|s2cid=53061512|issn=0018-0831|url-access=subscription}}

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