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Christinus guentheri

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| name = Christinus guentheri

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Christinus

| species = guentheri

| authority = (Boulenger, 1885)

| synonyms = *Phyllodactylus guentheri {{small|Boulenger, 1885}}

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|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Chapple, D.G. |author-link=species:David G. Chapple |author2=Cogger, H. |author2-link=Harold Cogger |date=2018 |title=Christinus guentheri |volume=2018 |page=e.T4801A83319486 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T4801A83319486.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

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Christinus guentheri is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae (geckos). The species is endemic to two Australian islands, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.

Common names

C. guentheri has the common names Günther's island gecko, Lord Howe Island gecko, and Lord Howe Island southern gecko.

Taxonomy

The first description of C. guentheri was by Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger, in 1885, as Phyllodactylus guentheri.Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Phyllodactylus guentheri, new species, p. 90 + Plate VII, figures 3, 3a).

Etymology

The specific epithet, guentheri, commemorates German-born British zoologist Albert Günther.{{cite web|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Christinus&species=guentheri|title=Christinus guentheri . The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org|access-date=2009-01-26}}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}}. (Christinus guentheri, p. 110).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. guentheri are forest and rocky areas.

Behavior

C. guentheri is terrestrial, arboreal, and saxicolous (rock-dwelling).

Reproduction

C. guentheri is oviparous. Each adult female lays a single egg, in a communal oviposition site, which may be in a root system, a rock crevice, or a cave.

Conservation status

C. guentheri is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, and by the Australian government's EPBC act.{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=59250|title=Christinus guentheri |work=Species Profile and Threats Database|publisher=Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts|access-date=2009-01-26}}

References

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Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}. (Christinus guentheri, p. 347).
  • Wells RW, Wellington CR (1984) ("1983"). "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology 1 (3-4): 73–129. (Christinus guentheri, new combination, p. 75).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.

External links

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=59250|title=Christinus guentheri |work=Species Profile and Threats Database|publisher=Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts|access-date=2009-01-26}}

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Category:Christinus

Category:Fauna of Norfolk Island

Category:Reptiles described in 1885

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Geckos of Australia

Category:Fauna of Lord Howe Island

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