Christian scaly-toed gecko

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Brown, R. |author-link=:fr:Rafe Marion Brown |author2=Siler, C. |author2-link=species:Cameron D. Siler |author3=Fisher, R. |author3-link=species:Robert N. Fisher |author4=Eliades, S. |author5=Diesmos, A. |author5-link=:fr:Arvin Cantor Diesmos |author6=Paguntalan, L.M. |author6-link=species:Lisa Paguntalan |date=2021 |title=Lepidodactylus christiani |page=e.T169871A182794604 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T169871A182794604.en |access-date=20 February 2022}}

| genus = Lepidodactylus

| species = christiani

| authority = Taylor, 1917

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| range_map = Lepidodactylus christiani distribution.png

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The Christian scaly-toed gecko (Lepidodactylus christiani), also known commonly as Christian's scaly-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.{{NRDB species|genus=Lepidodactylus|species=christiani}}

Etymology

The specific name, christiani, is in honor of United States Army Lieutenant Ralph L. Christian, who assisted Taylor in collecting specimens in the Philippines.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}}. (Lepidodactylus christiani, p. 53).

Geographic range

L. christiani is found on the island of Negros in the Philippines.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. christiani is forest, at altitudes of {{convert|250|–|1,200|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

L. christiani is oviparous.

Christian scaly-toed gecko

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

References

Further reading