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Lepidodactylus oorti

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ineich, I. |date=2010 |title=Lepidodactylus oortii |volume=2010 |page=e.T178712A7601126 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178712A7601126.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Lepidodactylus

| species = oorti

| authority = (Kopstein, 1926)

| synonyms = *Gekko oorti
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  • Lepidodactylus oorti
    {{small|— Kluge, 1993}}
  • Lepidodactylus oortii
    {{small|— Rösler, 2000}}

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| range_map = Lepidodactylus oortii distribution.png

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Lepidodactylus oorti is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, oorti, is in honor of Dutch ornithologist Eduard Daniël van Oort.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 oortii, p. 195).

Geographic range

L. oorti is found on the Banda, Damar, and Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia.{{NRDB species|genus=Lepidodactylus|species=oorti}}

Reproduction

L. oorti is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Kopstein, "Ph. F." (1926). "Reptilien von den Molukken und den benachbarten Inseln ". Zoologische Mededeelingen 1: 71–112. (Gecko oorti, new species, pp. 77–78). (in German).
  • Rösler, Herbert (2000). "Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha) ". Gekkota 2: 28–153. (Lepidodactylus oortii, p. 91). (in German).

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Category:Lepidodactylus

Category:Reptiles described in 1926

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